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

This document contains a series of Project 10073 record cards and U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheets documenting multiple reports of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) in the Dayton, Ohio area during July 1958. The reports involve several witnesses, including teenagers and an adult male, who described observing lights in the sky that maneuvered, changed brightness, and moved in and out of clouds. One witness described the object as having a circular center with a long straight tuft on each side. The Air Force investigation included inquiries with Patterson Operations, Flight Services, and the 58th Air Division. Flight Services confirmed that F-86 aircraft were operating over Kettering at the time of the reports, which may have been mistaken for UAP. The official conclusion for the series of reports was that they were a hoax perpetrated by three separate observers, identified as 14-15 year old boys, within a ten-minute period. One of the adult witnesses, who initially reported the object, later had only a faint recollection of the event and was considered a prankster. The documents note that there were no radar sightings reported by the U.S. Weather Service, and Patterson Air Force Base noted that many jet flights with unusual lighting systems were common in that area at the time.