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Dayton, Ohio, August 1959

Date of account
1959-08
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 口 Was Balloon 13Aug 59 Dayton,Ohio Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 195081930 口 Was Aircraft Local XI Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT_14/0030Z & 0060Z AirVisuol D Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYes 口 Probably Astronomical XNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknowm 10-15mens 1 West 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Rnd, silvery light obj, size of grape- Two of the witnesses stated the obj fruit, seemed to be revolving, had indefinit was similar to a weather balloon. ouline. Obj disappeared by "blinking out." The direction of obj fm observers was N and NW. The US weather Bureau at Sulfer Grove,N of Dayton,released a ba

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