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Dayton, Ohio, November 1961

Date of account
1961-11
Location
Dayton, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Bollcan 2Nov 61 Dayton, Ohio 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYFE OF OBSERVATION Local-1915 bGroundVisue! D Ground-Rador 口 Was Aircraft Dx Probobly Aircraft 030015Z D AirViswal D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yee 口 Prcbobty Astronomicol OKNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknown 10-15min 1 Varied 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINo 2 PeOPie SaW a light l. coMMENTs circle over Dayton area in a clockwise direction, passing over about 4 times Patterson dispatcher was contacted aand he stated that there were 3 T-33's in arep at time,l which was shooting landings 3 or 5 times.Witnesses stated that when light was overhead it would go out,then come back on again,

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