PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
ta Was Balloon
8_Mar58 DavtonzicinitvObio 0 Probably Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
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Locol6:30_106:50A.N. Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aireraft
GMT. 06/1130Z AirVisual Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
No Military & Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other
000 insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
Brief one SSE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
Small, fnd, slightly red & red & moving The appearance, characteristics,
generally South to SE, and appeared appeared and movements are typical of a ba movements are t typical of a ba
to be batween 5ooo to be batween 50o0 to 1000 to 1000 ft. oon. Checks confirmed the obj was
without doubt a balloon released
just a few mins before rpts were just a few mins before rpts were
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1- Photographer Bill Shepherd Shot at F16, Tri-X Film

Shape and color: small, round, slizht tinge of this
was due apparent was due appare elevation.
4. 4. Astro check: Astro
in that general direction general direction or or area--that would be seen by the naked area--that would be seen by the naked e eye. Venus,
5. Conclusions: 5. Conclusions: a The appearance, characteristics and mcvements of The appearance, characteristics and movements of
the object are typical of a balloon. The checks above confirm that
the object was without doubt a balloon released just a few minutes before the object was without doubt a balloon released just a few minutes before
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UFO Seare Here
Blamed on Venus
By OLIVER W. BROWN JR. phone calls started in Novem-
Daily News Stalf Writer ber."
Dayton today had had its own Venus is now appearing about
"unidentified flying object"- 30 times as bright as the bright-
est star, Kissell said. He is chair-
which a local scientist said was man of the Moonwatch team here
not flying and was not unidenti- and is a physicit: dealing with
fied. celestial mechanics at Wright-
The object, variously described Patterson Air Force base.
as green, yellow, red, white and * * *
blue, startled many Dayton area "IT'S so prominent, it looks
residents around_5:30 a. m. At like a search light on an air-
least one person reported it was plane . . . It's now appearing
his second sighting.
This morning's phenomenon far enough away from the sun,
was reported Dayton and out of its glare, to be visible for
Kettering police. the State High- two hours or so before sunrise.
way Patrol and the Montgomery . .. It's a little bit south of
county sheriff's office, along with due east.
a considerable number of early- 'Maybe in two weeks or so it
rising citizens. will be 20 times as bright as
* * * the brightest star . . . by two SMRS
A GUARD at the Mound lab in months it will have faded and
TULNT Miamisburg watched it through
binoculars. He said he could see County Sgt. Jack Reese re-
it rising in the sky for about two ported. "We watched the object
hours. But, he recalled he'd seen travel east like an object on fire
it do the s same thing in about and then it changed to'a green-
Nuni the same position Wednesday ish yellow, then very white light.
CNY morning. It then turned and went in a
This was the tipoff as far as southwest direction."
NOT scientist Kenneth Kissell was
ANYSS. concerned. Although he did not 8
see the object, Kissell said, "It's Today's Chuckle
nourwyour old friend Venus!'' "It's the Salesman: A fellow with a
same object which excited the smile on his face, a shine on
populace last December. The his shoes and a lousy tarritory.
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ontest. American an
Then the judges dec i stepped out officials. 1
of the orphan ciass. ment report
Some of the columns the ones on such a progr
my movie, "Lassie, Hop: on the Road sideration.
to Venus' and the repor Scrunge who
arrived here from the d. MEXIC
PA RGEP Michael Pan
THEN THERE WAS trictly in the tary to Prin
interest of science-and st. And my
morning spent on the st today as "a
ofDayton trying to bum'e reports link:
Then there was the fo ally with he
toller who guessed wron There were
everything but the winn mance and
the Ohio Stare-Iowa foc.... when Parke
game. with the :
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load of fun-thanks to won- Parker SP
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LETTERS TO THE E EDITOR tG
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Flying Saucer No Planet
Unless Venus Wears Tail
On the morning of March 6, The to collect both. When will the working
Oaily News stated, a local expert and man wake up and vote these parasites
Moonwatch'' member said that UFO out of office?
nidentified foreign object) was Dayton. GEORGE IBERGER.
ohus. Although-and note-he him-
did not see the object! Bad Films Are Blight
At approximately 7. o'clock that
orning. . . I noticed a small, round On Whole Community
object moving very slowly southeast
em my position just south of Xenia. A theater in Oakwood showing Class
Te thing was located at an angle a XXX movies . . . What is going on
te higher than halfway up from now will be a test on how much the
here I was standing to directly over- public will take. There are others
ad. Upon pointing it out to a friend, watching waiting to add their
Letters submitted jor publieation in blight to this community if steps are
s column must bear the full name not taken immediately. This blight can
address of the writer. All letters breed into an uncontrollable scourge
subject to condensation. which we will not be able to shake off.
Dayton. BERNARD WAHRER.
rushed inside and came out with
hnighpowered target-spotting tripod. 1
both took a look. New Expense Wipes Out
If the object was Venus, somebody
t a tail on her! Cost of Living Gains
There was a faint rope of wire hang- On March 3 we received a three-
a little way from below the object cent-an-hour increase for cost of liv-
tch was-a balloon. We could barely ing at the plant where I work. This
wee some small gimmick or light at- is $1.20 a week or $4.80 a month.
thed to the end of the rope. My This same week I was informed that
nd remarked that the balloon property tax on my home increased
like the ones the Air Force $6 per month. Therefore, with a raise
ather boys used to send up during of $4.80 and an increased tax of 56, I
War II. am actually losing $1.20 a month.
id notice a very bright star just How can anybody say the cost of living
the horizon around the south- is helping the working man?
about 45 minutes earlier. I now As for city income tax raise, I am
this was Venus, but not the against it 100 per cent.
t we and many others observed. LESTER ROUDEEUSH JR.
tch out, kids. Don't fly your Dayton.
s foo early or too high. You won't
credit for their being yours. If the
lng saucer believers don't claim Warm Feelings After
the astronomers will. Rescue From Ice
ma. R. L. WILLLAMS.
The members of the Fort Loramie