Cold open. This is a declassified record titled “1959‑07‑8407602‑SEOfDayton‑Ohio,” issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation under Project One Zero Zero Seven Three. The document dates from July nineteen fifty‑nine and was released to the public through The Black Vault archive, offering a glimpse into a mid‑century unidentified aerial phenomenon report from the Dayton, Ohio area.
Provenance. The record was made available on the public domain repository The Black Vault, hosted at archive.org, under the entry https://archive.org/download/1959-07-8407602-SEOfDayton-Ohio/1959-07-8407602-SEOfDayton-Ohio_djvu.txt. The release is part of a broader FOIA‑based declassification effort; the specific FOIA case number is not listed, and the declassification authority is recorded as the Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, acting under the Freedom of Information Act.
The document. The record card, Form Three Two Nine, revision twenty‑six September fifty‑seven, reads as follows:
a de ye, rs 4 rir “wolee 44 Strange nmooking rocss i. i ~ - or ye 1, <)> Spec LYwV Ee vy ‘te OSect ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 57) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION “ke SUS = 4G prs SPecimet file. 12. CONCLUSIONS O Was Balloon ——__=95_ dul 5 SB of Da , Q Probably Bolloon 13. DATE‑TIME GROW 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possioly Balloon Pespl ctaee ee | Ground: Vi sual © Ground‑Radar O Prebably Aiveraf GMT BA = 0 Air Vi sual O Air‑Intercept Radar CG Possibly Alrerott “5. PHOTOS (Cae Rinhe 10 Was Astronomical O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical Coe ey Civilian Oo rr seat Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other U12¢ | 0 In safiictent Data for Evaluation | N/A numerous fh Seinen 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Source rptd she had started cub in her Some of the pieces were submitted ax when a big ball of : seened to fail | to the Smithsonian Institute for toward her car & appesre expiode abov lysis, hey were found to be coke infront of her, She svid Jusy urove used Tor surisacin econiory LoOucs. thm the i a ng pieces. licighbors said tie NG amend mind Lilce hic oc 5 poout tne sane!time. The next morning source rpte that neighborhood childx ay Santee j i al re a j Pa ae i F - ‘é ' ry FF ‘ | i 1 r i” — F ‘ : 4 Yi Pa = i # j - a # i ie ae © i F iil 1a ©spl “ “ : ‘i a F — * ‘ F F é Z => F U6 : an te = ot + © i e "= ” i ee ‘ i * i _ Li a* # 7 # i =a al j s | rd * ole a “ - F rh - - - “a : 1 ae r a ae cd | r a ENd 39‑7 5.07" (VA iaN thi PPLE J ollow (/=/19/7€ ; | Wh AW tile ‘5 Oks oF ee | | Ee Hees oe on At fetes lif Gt eee Le. Vetettce! ce Cote" Keer ZC fUl0‑ , Me 7 ofitie: om petty ~ yy? iin Sa i ae se FRE ee. ieee ; y 7 o uy
