Th September 4, 1961 UFO event was witnessed by someone sitting on their back porch in the early morning hours. It was concluded to have been Jupiter, a seemingly common outcome with these sightings.
Issue 1 was a contentious, controversial proposal to make it harder for Ohioans to make changes to the state constitution. After a short campaign season, it would go on to defeat by just over 14 points- 57.01% to 42.99%. I provided a state county map with the results on the new Special Issues page. But what were the Issue 1 results in Franklin County and its precincts, specifically?
Today’s Cool Link provides the answer with a precinct map of the county. The map shows the results of Issue 1 for every single precinct, ward or city in Franklin County.
Based on the map, here were the overall margins for all the places in the county. Negative numbers are No wins, and positive numbers are Yes wins.
1. Bexley: -74.35
2. Grandview Heights: -71.19
3. Riverlea: -70.04
4. Marble Cliff: -69.02
5. Urbancrest: -64.16
6. Minerva Park: -63.1
7. Worthington: -61.94
8. Columbus: -61.8
9. Clinton Township: -58.32
10. Upper Arlington: -51.55
11. Sharon Township: -50.76
12. Mifflin Township: -46.54
13. Perry Township: -45.32
14. Whitehall: -43.97
15. Gahanna: -42.54
16. New Albany: -42.43
17. Hilliard: -41.09
18. Blendon Township: -39.79
19. Truro Township: -37.93
20. Reynoldsburg: -36.32
21. Jefferson Township: -36.29
22. Westerville: -36.0
23. Dublin: -35.71
24. Norwich Township: -27.9
25. Valleyview: -26.32
26. Canal Winchester: -18.14
27. Madison Township: -17.75
28. Groveport: -16.1
29. Obetz: -14.03
30. Grove City: -13.66
31. Prairie Township: -11.44
32. Plain Township: -9.12
33. Washington Township: -7.5
34. Franklin Township: -6.7
35. Brown Township: -2.58
36. Pleasant Township: +9.2
37. Jackson Township: +13.71
38. Hamilton Township: +15.04
As we can see, almost no part of the county voted Yes except for a few rural townships on the far south side. Not a single suburb voted yes, including in more conservative suburbs like Grove City and Canal Winchester. This suggests there was a lot of bipartisan opposition within the county.
The July 24, 1960 meteor occurred during the early morning hours, and at first was reported to Lockbourne AFB as a possible UFO. The case was actually investigated as a Project Blue Book case, but the description and multiple eyewitness reports across the region supported that this was a meteor.
Unfortunately, much of the original report notes beyond the introductory page have faded to the point where it is difficult or impossible to read them. Still, the forms are provided below in a PDF. Perhaps someone is able to make out more than I could.
Full Report
In the past, I’ve done individual housing market update reports on a monthly basis, but it’s proven to be somewhat impractical from a time management perspective. For 2023, I’ve decided to just do two main updates, one for the mid-year point and the other in December for the year as a whole.
Some changes for the mid-year update format will be that I will include all information January-June for all the Columbus market areas. For the larger tables, you can scroll to see all months.
Top 20 Most Expensive Markets by Median Sales Price January-June
Rank | January | February | March | April | May | June | January-June Median |
1 | Olentangy LSD: $520,531 | New Albany: $921,425 | New Albany: $1,112,875 | New Albany: $975,000 | New Albany: $820,000 | New Albany: $788,500 | New Albany: $925,000 |
2 | Dublin/Dublin CSD: $519,900 | New Albany Plain LSD: $750,000 | Grandview Heights: $715,000 | New Albany Plain LSD: $899,000 | Grandview Heights: $752,000 | Powell: $686,255 | New Albany Plain LSD: $655,000 |
3 | New Albany: $501,010 | Powell: $613,255 | New Albany Plain LSD: $684,250 | Dublin: $585,000 | Upper Arlington CSD: $691,000 | New Albany Plain LSD: $655,000 | Powell: $620,000 |
4 | Granville CSD: $500,000 | Dublin: $590,000 | Powell: $612,450 | Olentangy LSD: $564,000 | Powell: $640,000 | Upper Arlington CSD: $625,000 | Upper Arlington CSD: $607,000 |
5 | Johnstown-Monroe LSD: $499,000 | Bexley: $581,250 | Granville CSD: $567,500 | Upper Arlington CSD: $550,000 | New Albany Plain LSD: $639,900 | Dublin: $585,000 | Dublin: $570,000 |
6 | Big Walnut LSD: $470,000 | Big Walnut LSD: $515,900 | German Village: $565,000 | German Village: $528,500 | Dublin: $580,000 | Bexley: $550,500 | Olentangy LSD: $540,792 |
7 | Worthington: $467,500 | Olentangy LSD: $499,050 | Olentangy LSD: $550,000 | Bexley: $515,000 | Olentangy LSD: $568,000 | German Village: $545,000 | German Village: $530,000 |
8 | Jonathan Alder LSD: $446,250 | Upper Arlington CSD: $467,875 | Upper Arlington CSD: $527,500 | Powell: $505,000 | Dublin CSD: $527,500 | Olentangy LSD: $540,000 | Bexley: $515,000 |
9 | Buckeye Valley LSD: $445,000 | Dublin CSD: $463,975 | Dublin: $525,000 | Buckeye Valley LSD: $499,000 | German Village: $516,500 | Granville CSD: $525,000 | Dublin CSD: $511,500 |
10 | Powell: $440,000 | Worthington: $450,000 | Big Walnut LSD: $496,379 | Dublin CSD: $485,000 | Worthington: $510,444 | Buckeye Valley LSD: $508,635 | Granville CSD: $500,000 |
11 | New Albany Plain LSD: $430,000 | German Village: $450,000 | Bexley: $484,250 | Big Walnut LSD: $475,000 | Big Walnut LSD: $497,000 | Dublin CSD: $493,418 | Buckeye Valley LSD: $483,900 |
12 | Upper Arlington CSD: $426,250 | Hilliard: $438,000 | Dublin CSD: $475,000 | Sunbury: $462,350 | Short North: $495,000 | Lithopolis: $485,000 | Big Walnut LSD: $480,000 |
13 | Northridge LSD: $405,200 | Downtown: $430,000 | Buckeye Valley LSD/Sunbury: $438,500 | Granville CSD: $450,000 | Buckeye Valley LSD: $489,598 | Northridge LSD: $480,790 | Worthington: $437,500 |
14 | German Village: $405,000 | Granville CSD: $420,000 | Johnstown-Monroe LSD: $438,000 | Short North: $432,000 | Granville CSD: $484,950 | Short North: $480,000 | Short North: $425,000 |
15 | Grandview Heights: $400,000 | Beechwold/Clintonville: $407,500 | Minerva Park: $432,000 | Pickerington: $427,738 | Pickerington: $450,000 | Grandview Heights: $455,000 | Sunbury: $420,000 |
16 | Lithopolis: $383,000 | Lithopolis: $405,400 | Westerville: $415,000 | Beechwold/Clintonville: $425,500 | Sunbury: $449,500 | Worthington: $450,000 | Pickerington: $406,200 |
17 | Bexley: $380,000 | Worthington CSD: $400,000 | Hilliard: $410,000 | Hilliard: $421,200 | Jonathan Alder LSD: $445,000 | Gahanna Jefferson CSD: $437,500 | Johnstown-Monroe LSD: $399,950 |
18 | Pickerington: $370,000 | Short North: $386,650 | Northridge LSD: $402,690 | Pickerington LSD: $415,000 | Bexley: $430,000 | Jonathan Alder LSD: $436,000 | Lithopolis: $396,000 |
19 | Minerva Park: $367,500 | Westerville: $379,900 | Lithopolis: $396,000 | Worthington: $395,000 | Northridge LSD: $412,500 | Downtown: $427,000 | Pickerington LSD: $390,000 |
20 | Sunbury: $339,700 | Pickertington/Pickerington CSD: $370,000 | Worthington: $391,000 | Grandview Heights/Lithopolis: $388,000 | Pickerington LSD: $410,000 | Hilliard: $420,000 | Westerville: $389,888 |
Top 20 Least Expensive Markets by Median Sales Price January-June
Rank | January | February | March | April | May | June | January-June Avg Median |
1 | Obetz: $159,900 | Miami Trace LSD: $145,000 | Circleville CSD: $163,350 | Miami Trace LSD: $177,000 | London CSD: $190,000 | Lancaster CSD: $200,500 | Miami Trace LSD: $184,500 |
2 | Miami Trace LSD: $162,500 | Whitehall: $165,000 | Miami Trace LSD: $170,750 | Lancaster CSD: $183,500 | Whitehall: $192,000 | London CSD: $225,158 | Whitehall: $187,500 |
3 | Whitehall: $169,500 | Obetz: $186,500 | Lancaster CSD: $174,900 | Whitehall: $190,000 | Newark CSD: $215,000 | Miami Trace LSD: $227,000 | Lancaster CSD: $199,900 |
4 | Lancaster CSD: $185,500 | Lancaster CSD: $195,000 | Newark CSD: $178,388 | Newark CSD: $198,000 | Lancaster CSD: $224,500 | Circleville CSD: $229,500 | Newark CSD: $209,500 |
5 | Newark CSD: $205,000 | Jefferson LSD: $196,400 | Whitehall: $199,900 | Circleville CSD: $216,000 | Circleville CSD: $234,950 | Jefferson LSD: $240,000 | Circleville CSD: $228,000 |
6 | Columbus CSD: $214,000 | Hamilton LSD: $205,900 | Columbus CSD: $229,900 | Hamilton LSD: $235,000 | Miami Trace LSD: $242,450 | Newark CSD: $243,500 | Hamilton LSD: $237,500 |
7 | London CSD: $215,000 | Grandview Heights: $209,500 | Hamilton LSD: $249,000 | Groveport Madison LSD: $235,500 | Hamilton LSD: $250,000 | Hamilton LSD: $245,000 | Jefferson LSD: $238,000 |
8 | Hamilton LSD: $217,000 | Newark CSD: $217,500 | Groveport Madison LSD: $250,000 | Jefferson LSD: $250,425 | Columbus CSD: $255,000 | Whitehall: $245,900 | London CSD: $240,158 |
9 | Jefferson LSD: $223,500 | Minerva Park: $223,000 | Jefferson LSD: $255,000 | Columbus CSD: $255,000 | Obetz: $268,000 | Obetz: $250,000 | Columbus CSD: $243,000 |
10 | Groveport Madison LSD: $225,000 | London CSD: $224,038 | Columbus/Reynoldsburg CSD: $255,000 | London CSD: $257,500 | Groveport Madison LSD: $270,000 | Groveport Madison LSD: $261,500 | Groveport Madison LSD: $250,000 |
11 | Columbus: $230,000 | Columbus CSD: $231,750 | South-Western CSD: $285,000 | Columbus: $270,000 | Columbus: $280,000 | Columbus CSD: $265,000 | Columbus: $265,000 |
12 | Reynoldsburg CSD: $240,000 | Groveport Madison LSD: $243,500 | Blacklick: $317,000 | Obetz: $285,000 | South-Wester CSD: $300,000 | Reynoldsburg CSD: $270,000 | Obetz: $276,000 |
13 | Circleville CSD: $249,900 | Columbus: $250,000 | Gahanna: $317,049 | South-Western CSD: $287,950 | Minerva Park: $300,500 | Columbus: $283,500 | South-Western CSD: $287,000 |
14 | South-Western CSD: $263,500 | Circleville CSD: $250,000 | Delaware CSD: $322,500 | Marysville CSD: $300,000 | Reynoldsburg CSD: $313,000 | South-Western CSD: $300,000 | Marysville CSD: $322,000 |
15 | Worthington CSD: $273,500 | South-Western CSD: $260,000 | Marysville CSD: $325,000 | Blacklick: $309,500 | Canal Winchester CSD: $320,000 | Marysville CSD: $318,750 | Canal Winchester CSD: $325,000 |
16 | Canal Winchester CSD: $295,000 | Reynoldsburg CSD: $293,500 | Canal Winchester CSD: $327,500 | Johnstown-Monroe LSD: $311,000 | Pataskala: $339,500 | Blacklick: $348,000 | Blacklick: $330,100 |
17 | Blacklick: $299,000 | Marysville CSD: $299,900 | Gahanna Jefferson CSD: $329,750 | Teays Valley LSD: $312,900 | Marysville CSD: $342,500 | Teays Valley LSD: $348,810 | Pataskala: $344,000 |
18 | Teays Valley LSD: $300,000 | Buckeye Valley LSD: $302,450 | Pataskala: $340,000 | Canal Winchester CSD: $325,000 | Westerville CSD: $346,000 | Grove City: $352,041 | Teays Valley LSD: $345,000 |
19 | Delaware CSD: $310,000 | Gahanna: $303,500 | Beechwold/Clintonville: $343,500 | Worthington CSD: $329,101 | Downtown/Grove City: $350,000 | Delaware CSD: $360,000 | Grove City: $350,000 |
20 | Westerville CSD: $324,900 | Grove City: $310,000 | Obetz/Hilliard CSD: $345,000 | Reynoldsburg CSD: $330,000 | Gahanna: $353,500 | Pataskala: $367,500 | Delaware CSD: $350,500 |
Top 10 Markets with the Largest Median Sales Price Change Year-to-Date June 2022 to June 2023
Rank | Year to Date June 2022 to June 2023 |
1 | New Albany: $100,000 |
2 | Dublin CSD: $66,500 |
3 | Minerva Park: $55,400 |
4 | Bexley: $55,000 |
5 | German Village: $50,000 |
6 | Upper Arlington CSD: $46,550 |
7 | Dublin: $45,000 |
8 | Buckeye Valley LSD: $41,900 |
9 | Newark CSD: $39,723 |
10 | Lithopolis: $36,000 |
Top 10 Markets with the Smallest Median Sales Price Change Year-to-Date June 2022 to June 2023
Rank | Year-to-Date June 2022 to June 2023 |
1 | Grandview Heights: -$70,000 |
2 | Granville CSD: -$25,000 |
3 | Canal Winchester CSD: -$20,750 |
4 | Pataskala: -$20,000 |
5 | Miami Trace LSD: -$9,500 |
6 | Jefferson LSD: -$3,200 |
7 | Marysville CSD: -$2,700 |
8 | London CSD: -$1,842 |
9 | Pickerington LSD: -$350 |
10 | Gahanna: -$250 |
Top 10 Markets with the Most New Listings Year-to-Date June 2022 to June 2023
Rank | January-June Total Closed Sales | Year-to-Date Change June 2022 to June 2023 |
1 | Columbus: 4,526 | -19.8% |
2 | Columbus CSD: 3,060 | -21.1% |
3 | South-Western CSD: 805 | -16.3% |
4 | Olentangy LSD: 678 | -1.2% |
5 | Hilliard CSD: 539 | -10.9% |
6 | Westerville CSD: 523 | -20.0% |
7 | Dublin CSD: 476 | -16.8% |
8 | Pickerington LSD: 367 | +4.6% |
9 | Grove City: 319 | -22.6% |
10 | Worthington: 319 | -15.6% |
Top 10 Markets with the Most Closed Sales Year-to-Date June 2022 to June 2023
Rank | January-June Total Closed Sales | Year-to-Date Change June 2022 to June 2023 |
1 | Columbus: 4,526 | -19.8% |
2 | Columbus CSD: 3,060 | -21.1% |
3 | South-Western CSD: 805 | -16.3% |
4 | Olentangy LSD: 678 | -1.2% |
5 | Hilliard CSD: 539 | -10.9% |
6 | Westerville CSD: 523 | -20.0% |
7 | Dublin CSD: 476 | -16.8% |
8 | Pickerington LSD: 367 | +4.6% |
9 | Grove City: 319 | -22.6% |
10 | Worthington: 319 | -15.6% |
Top 10 Fastest-Selling Markets Year-to-Date 2023 by # of Days on Market Before Sale
Rank | # of Days Before Sale | Year-to-Date 2022 to 2023 |
1 | Westerville: 10 | 66.7% |
2 | Westerville CSD: 13 | 62.5% |
3 | Gahanna: 14 | 133.3% |
4 | Hilliard: 14 | 100% |
5 | Minerva Park: 14 | 180% |
6 | New Albany Plain LSD: 14 | -17.6% |
7 | Dublin: 15 | 50% |
8 | Worthington CSD: 15 | 114.3% |
9 | Bexley: 17 | 13.3% |
10 | German Village: 17 | 41.7% |
11 | Worthington: 17 | 142.9% |
Rank | # of Days Before Sale | Year-to-Date June 2022 to June 2023 |
1 | Teays Valley LSD: 63 | 162.5% |
2 | Downtown: 62 | 5.1% |
3 | Jonathan Alder LSD: 48 | 200% |
4 | Northridge LSD: 42 | -41.7% |
5 | Lithopolis: 37 | 516.7% |
6 | Powell: 37 | 164.3% |
7 | Short North: 37 | 19.4% |
8 | Big Walnut LSD: 36 | 140% |
9 | Obetz: 36 | 125% |
10 | Buckeye Valley LSD: 34 | 36% |
11 | Miami Trace LSD: 34 | 142.9% |
12 | Olentangy LSD: 34 | 112.5% |
13 | Pataskala: 34 | 61.9% |
From the files of Project Blue Book, this July 19, 1949 UFO incident seems to have been a pretty straightforward airplane that was misidentified.
For more incidents around the world, visit the following links.
UFO Database
Mutual UFO Network
National UFO Reporting Center