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UFO Index Card — Akron, Ohio, 24 July 1955

📅 24 July 1955 📍 Akron, Ohio 🏛 ATIC 📄 Index Card
AkronOhio1955Project 10073sun reflectionaircraft

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A 1955 sighting report from Akron, Ohio, identifying a UFO as a sun reflection off an aircraft. The document notes that no formal case report exists in the file.

This document consists of two identical index cards, one labeled 'UFO INDEX CARD AISS-UFOB-239-55' and the other 'PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD', documenting a sighting that occurred on July 24, 1955, in Akron, Ohio. The report describes a single, round, light silver object observed by civilian and military witnesses. The object was estimated to be the size of a pinhead held at arm's length and was seen traveling in a southwest direction at an altitude of approximately 15,000 feet. The duration of the observation was five minutes. The cards indicate that no photographs were taken and there was no radar contact. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating authorities was that the observers had witnessed a reflection of the sun at dusk off an aircraft that was known to be in the area at the time. Both cards contain a notation stating 'NO CASE OR REPORT IN FILE', suggesting that while the index card exists, the primary investigative file was not present or was never created.

Concur with the opinion of the Reporting Officer that the observers saw the reflection of the sun at dusk off an aircraft known to be in the area at the time of the sighting.

Official Assessment

Concur with the opinion of the Reporting Officer that the observers saw the reflection of the sun at dusk off an aircraft known to be in the area at the time of the sighting.

The object was identified as a sun reflection off an aircraft.

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