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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9316934

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1963

REPORTED LOCATIONLebanon Ohio

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Xx Was Balloon
22 March 1963 Lebanon, Ohio Prabably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP . TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local 0635 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT_22/1135Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Ys 0 Probably Astronomical
X No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10 minutes Unknown
10 minutes one Up, NE Up, NE
T0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Observer driving North observed Observer driving North observed object Contacted Sulphur grove. Balloon Contacted Sulphur grove. Balloon
with a ight and tail going going up. Rose launched at launched at 06 00 local. local. Flight to Flight to
rapidly. Color red rapidly. Color red & d & gold. Last seen south generally south general w/winds w/winds from 340-
over Zenia, Ohio. Observer Observer at 45 dgr 330dgr azimuth. 330dgr azimu Carried radiosonde
elevation or less elevation or less moving away from package & would have en in area
observer to NE. Less than observer to NE. Less than size size of moon. near Lebanon. Since was in
car & balloon was rising assumed was assumed
error in rpting directio f flight.
Case considered as balloon balloon obsvation obsvation
Subsequent ontact with witness
indicates that description of bal- indicates that description of bal
loon fits obj & explanation satisfac loon fits obj & explanation satisfac
tory.
ATIC FORM 329 (RE 26 SEP 52)

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