Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Beavercreek, Ohio, 22 June 1963
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1963 sighting report from Beavercreek, Ohio, describes a metallic, balloon-like object observed near Wright-Patterson AFB. The Air Force concluded the object was a balloon.
On June 22, 1963, a civilian witness in Beavercreek, Ohio, reported observing an unidentified aerial object for approximately 10 to 15 minutes. The witness, a former military member, described the object as a shiny, metallic, balloon-like entity with a 'lightlike appendage' and a surrounding haze. The object was first spotted in the Northeast and appeared to be positioned over Wright-Patterson Air Force Base before moving with the wind and disappearing in the East. The witness observed the object through binoculars and noted that it appeared to climb higher as it moved. The report was taken via telephone by a Major on the same day. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the object was a balloon, citing that the description and the observed ascending flight path were consistent with such an identification.
Object appearing like a balloon with haze around it observed through BX. Metallic looking, shiny object.
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Official Assessment
Object moving with wind. Balloon. Description, including ascending flight conform with this analysis.
The object was identified as a balloon based on its appearance, movement with the wind, and ascending flight path.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian
Key Persons
- Maj. [illegible]Investigating officer