Project 10073 Record Cards and Technical Information Sheets — Dayton, Ohio, January 1958

This document contains a series of Project 10073 record cards and U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheets documenting three separate UAP sightings in Dayton, Ohio, during January 1958. The first incident, occurring on January 6, involved three objects described as helicopter-like with red blinking lights. The investigator noted the information was inconsistent and attributed the report to an eccentric witness. The second incident, on January 10, involved a single, basketball-sized, silvery object that emitted smoke and fell straight down; this was officially concluded to be a meteor. A third incident on January 14 involved a single, round, grayish object with a lighter center that appeared stationary before abruptly disappearing; this was confirmed to be a balloon. The documentation includes completed questionnaires from witnesses, internal notes from Air Force personnel such as Captain Starkey, and technical assessments of the sightings. The records highlight the Air Force's systematic approach to categorizing reports, often dismissing them as astronomical phenomena, balloons, or unreliable testimony. The file provides insight into the administrative handling of UAP reports during the late 1950s, emphasizing the reliance on witness questionnaires and the subsequent evaluation by ATIC personnel to determine if the objects were conventional aircraft, astronomical events, or other phenomena.