Yellow Springs, OhioAugust 1956

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Summary

On August 15, 1956, at 10:02 a.m. in Yellow Springs, Ohio, a civilian witness reported observing one reddish-white object with the size of a dime at arm's length. The object was initially sighted at 15 degrees elevation. It moved vertically 100 to 200 feet every six minutes. The observation lasted an unknown duration. The object gave off a bright light in a manner of disappearance or vanishment. The Air Force evaluation was Unknown.

Reported location

Yellow Springs, Ohio

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

OH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
15 August 1956

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Level
GMT 15:02:45Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Unknown

2. LOCATION
Yellow Springs, Ohio

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
Vertical

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round reddish-white object, the size of a dime at arm's length. Object was initially sighted at 15 degrees elevation. Object moved vertically 100 to 200 feet every six minutes. No additional length of time given in initial rpt. Form 164 sent. ATIC Dorn [illegible] returned and believed case evaluated as planet Mars. (as indicated by rating of float, size, sun color, movement horizontally, and two substantiate this conclusion.

11. COMMENTS
Due to short info in initial rpt, Form 164 sent. ATIC Dorn [illegible] returned and believed case evaluated as planet Mars.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966972