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Trotwood, Ohio, September 1959

Date of account
1959-09
Location
Trotwood, 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 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 3Sep_59 Trotwood,Ohio 口 ProbablyBalloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2305 Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local. 口 ProbablyAircraft Air-intercept Radar AirVisual Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical aYes 口 Probably Astronomical No Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 11/2mins 1 East 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Bright orange obj w/slightly blurred Possibly an a/c edges. No sound. Looked like ball of fire. Obj traveled fm Northeast,made a circle & gradually faded away to the East. AT1C FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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