1951 09 7009374 Marion Ohio
COLD OPEN. This is a declassified incident report titled “1951‑09‑7009374‑Marion‑Ohio,” produced by the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations on six September, nineteen‑fifty‑one. The document records an alleged aerial encounter reported by a private pilot in the vicinity of Marion, Ohio, and is notable for its early Cold War description of an unidentified flying object.
- Agency
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Date
- JUL 18 · 2026
- Release
- Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
- Source document
- View the primary source documenthttps://archive.org/details/1951-09-7009374-Marion-Ohio
Episode notes
COLD OPEN. This is a declassified incident report titled “1951‑09‑7009374‑Marion‑Ohio,” produced by the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations on six September, nineteen‑fifty‑one. The document records an alleged aerial encounter reported by a private pilot in the vicinity of…
Source document: https://archive.org/details/1951-09-7009374-Marion-Ohio
Questions about this case
- What was 1951 09 7009374 Marion Ohio about?
- COLD OPEN. This is a declassified incident report titled “1951‑09‑7009374‑Marion‑Ohio,” produced by the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations on six September, nineteen‑fifty‑one. The document records an alleged aerial encounter reported by a private pilot in the vicinity of Marion, Ohio, and is notable for its early Cold War description of an unidentified flying object.
- Why was this case declassified?
- This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.
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