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Dayton, Ohio, December 1961

Date of account
1961-12
Location
Dayton, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 31Dec 61 Dayton, Ohio 口 Probably Balloon D Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Loca0430 X.DGround-Visual D Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft a310930Z DAirVisual D Air-intercopt Rodor 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical S/RfuS aYos QKProbablyAstronomicol 谷No Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 45min Stationary 口 Unknown 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Objt VieWed by WitneSSeS ll. coMmeNtswas probably bright star Sirius magnitude -l.6. Witnesses reported viewing objt at 220° az,but this was probably closer to 27o°.Witnesses placed objt directly in middle of their drawing of how objt appeared, this would tend to indicate that objt was almost due W.Home of witnesses faces E

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