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Dayton, Ohio, May 1962

Date of account
1962-05
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 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 WasBalloon 2May62 Dayton,ohio 口 Probabiy Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION CXGround-Visual Ground-Radar WasAircraft Locai 口 ProbablyAircraft 02/1100Z AirVisuol Air-InterceptRadar PossiblyAircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes 口 ProbabiyAstronomicol Civilian Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknowm 5mins one East 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Shiny grey obj observed for 5 mins ECHO data indicated that ECHO moving fm West to East.Disappeared was in the Southern hemisphereat behind a cloud.Observation fm car thetime&notvisibleinDayton moving 25 mph.Initial observation at Noconclusioncanbereachedon h 45 degs, crossing zenigh and disappeaf- -thelimiteddata.Itis possible ing at 45 deg elev.Gave i

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