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Dayton, Ohio, August 1958

Date of account
1958-08
Location
Dayton, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12.CONCLUSIONS 2..LOCATION 1.DATE XxWas Balloon 口 Probably Balloon Dayton,Ohio Q Possibly Balloon 3 August 1958 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft 3.DATE-TIME GROUP DGround-Rodar Probably Aireraf! kGround-Visual Locol1700 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 03/2200Z 口 Was Astronomical GMT- 6.SOURCE 口 Probably Astronomicol 5.·PHOTOS Possibly Astronomicol OYes Civilian 口 Other- 9.COURSE 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 100 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION Unknown NE to SE one 2 hours 11.COMMENTS 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING A check with weather station Yealow-white obj,size of golf ball revealed that a lighted balloon appeared to be made of metal, seemed had been released & had burst to burst into flames & drop toward the & dropped by a red parachute. earth at a high speed. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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