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Dayton Airport, Ohio, April 1958

Date of account
1958-04
Location
Dayton Airport, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSION5 口 Was Balloon 7Apr58 Dayton Airport, Ohio 口 Probably Ballcon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibiy Balioon Local 1930 Ground-Visuel Ground-Radcr 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT 08/0030Z XDAir-Visuo! Air-intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical CYes 口 Probably Astrononical 白o Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 OtherMistakenIden 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 4mins 口 Unknown one vertical to S 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Very dark cloud blue obj,6 to 8 ft Mistaken identity of conventional diameter. obj,such as a eloud,a/c,balloon ATICFORM329(REV26SEP52)

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