Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Fairborn, Ohio, 20 July 1963
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A USAF officer reported a shiny, white, wingless object in Fairborn, Ohio, on July 20, 1963. The incident was officially evaluated by the Air Technical Intelligence Center as a balloon observation.
On July 20, 1963, at 1705Z, a United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon in Fairborn, Ohio. The witness, who was observing a bird on his television antenna with his wife and son, spotted a shiny, white, solid object without wings or protrusions. The object moved from the West to the South East, gaining elevation from approximately 70 degrees to 80 or 90 degrees over a period of 6 to 8 minutes. The witness described the object's apparent size as being comparable to a nickel. The sighting was reported to the Foreign Technology Division (FTD) duty officer, Captain Eldon K. Turner. The official evaluation of the incident, documented on a Project 10073 record card, concluded that the object was a balloon. This conclusion was based on the fact that balloons are launched from the nearby Sulphur Grove area at noon, and the object's movement was consistent with rising with the wind.
I feel silly reporting this but I have never seen anything like it in my life & my wife & son saw it also at the same time
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Official Assessment
Balloons are launched from Sulphur Grove at Noon. Object rising with wind. Case evaluated as a balloon observation.
The object was identified as a balloon launched from Sulphur Grove.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Lt/Col USAFUSAF
Key Persons
- DeckerWitness (Lt/Col)