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Vandalia, Ohio, October 1969

Date of account
1969-10
Location
Vandalia, Ohio
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD DATE.TIME GROU? 2.LOCATION 23/0555EDT 23.0c+-69.23/0955Z Vandalia,Ohio 3.SOURCE 10.CONCLUSION Civilian Probable Balloon 4.NUMBER OF OBJECTS One 5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION II. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS The observer sighted a brown ball about 8 ft in diameter 2_minutes that hada flashing light.The observer thought it was a 6.TYPE OF ODSERVATION plane until he noted its odd flight path and heard no sound. Ground-Visual COMMENrS:The description is similar to that of a weather 7.COURSE balloon or garment bag hot air balloon. There are also numerous aircraft in the area.Note the observer is only W.tO.NW 12 years old. 3.PHOTOS Y03 .PHYSICAL EVIDENCE [Y= FO FTD SEP63C32(TDE)

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