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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 26 Feb 54 | 2. LOCATION Columbus, Ohio | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local night GMT | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☑ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 - 7 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE Manuvered ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for E…

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WPC019
YMA008
JEDBO 16
OO JEDEN JEDMH JEDWP JEPHQ 444 - Action
DE JEDBO 94
O 0122302
FM D/I 26TH SR WG LOCKBOURNE AFB OHIO
TO JEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO
JEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JEPHQ/D/I USAF WASHDC
JEDMH/COMDR SAC OFFUTT AFB NEBR

32. UFOP-(1)(A) THE OBJECT APPEARED CIRCULAR AT FIRST, AS IT APPROACHED IT BECAME MORE CYLINDRICAL LIKE THE FUSELAGE OF AN AIRCRAFT. (B) ESTIMATED THE SIZE TO BE THAT OF A MEDIUM SIZED AIRCRAFT C-54 OR KC-97 FUSELAGE. (C) AT FIRST IT APPEARED A ROUND WHITE LIGHT WITH A LIGHT GREEN HALO. HOWEVER, AS IT AP…

UNDERNEATH (G) NONE (H) NONE (I) NONE (2) (A) SOURCES WIFE HAPPENED TO BE LOOKING OUT OF A WINDOW IN THEIR LIVINGROOM AND CALLED HIS ATTENTION TO WHAT SHE INITIALLY THOUGHT WAS AN UNUSUAL STAR. APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST SIGHTING SHE NOTICED THAT THE OBJECT WAS MOVING AND HAD COME CONSIDERABLY CLOSER AND SHE INSISTED THAT SOURCE LOOK. WHEN SOURCE FIRST SIGHTED THE OBJECT HIS FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT IT WAS MOST LIKELY A WEATHER BALLOON BEING RELEASED AT PORT COLUMBUS. HOWEVER, AFTER CLOSER EXAMINATION THIS WAS RULED OUT AND HE AND HIS WIFE DECIDED TO GO OUTSIDE TO GET A BETTER L…

26 Feb 1954
Columbus, Ohio

26 FEBRUARY 1954, COLUMBUS, OHIO

On the night of 26 February 1954, an unidentified flying object was sighted near Columbus, Ohio, by civilian observers. The object appeared to be stationary and closely resembled a star in size and color. Shortly after the first observation, the object seemed to ascend vertically at a slow rate for some distance, then accelerated at a rapid rate in another direction, disappearing at a low altitude. The entire observation lasted from five to seven minutes.

This case is concluded to have been an aircraft due to its characteristics an…