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Project 10073 Record Card — Xenia, Ohio, 6 October 1958

📅 6 October 1958 📍 Xenia, Ohio 🏛 SDO 📄 sighting_report
Project 10073XeniaOhioWADCanti-collision lightsflight test

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A 1958 sighting report from Xenia, Ohio, describes two bright, flashing lights observed by an engineer. The Air Force concluded the objects were likely WADC aircraft conducting a flight test with anti-collision lights.

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated technical information sheets detailing a UFO sighting reported on October 6, 1958, in Xenia, Ohio. The witness, an engineer at Westgate Lab in Yellow Springs, reported observing two extremely bright, blue-tinted pinpoints of light while driving from Yellow Springs to Xenia at approximately 1930 hours. The witness noted that the objects moved from east to west at an elevation of 30 degrees, flashing simultaneously, and were visible for approximately one minute before disappearing over the horizon. The witness explicitly stated there was no sound and described the objects as appearing like stars but significantly brighter. The report includes a detailed questionnaire completed by the witness, who indicated they were certain of their observations and had no prior experience with similar phenomena, though they had previously seen a light in June 1957 they suspected was a balloon. The investigation was conducted by the SDO, with Captain F. E. Dungan noting that a check of local facilities was performed to find a logical explanation. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the sighting was likely caused by two WADC aircraft conducting a flight test and utilizing anti-collision lights. The report concludes that one or both of these aircraft were the objects sighted by the witness.

Flight Test had two a/c out testing anti-collision lights. One or both of these a/c is probably what was sighted.

Official Assessment

Flight Test had two a/c out testing anti-collision lights. One or both of these a/c is probably what was sighted.

The sighting was attributed to WADC flight tests involving two aircraft using anti-collision lights.

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