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Dayton, Ohio, October 1957

Date of account
1957-10
Location
Dayton, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS DX Wos Bolloon 4 0ctober 1957 Dayton, Ohio 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Locl705 XA Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Wos Aircraft Probably Aireraft 04/2305Z GMT Ai~Visuel D Air-lntercept Radar 口 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol aYos 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical XANo 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluotion 口 Unknown 5 minutes one South 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object, seemed to bob rapidly Typical characteristics of a from side to side,also up & down. balloon at surmset It appeared to be very high. Seemed to have a red glow. object had 1ook of sphere,not round,more like a ball squashed down. ATIC PORM 329(REV 26 SEP S2)

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