In this episode of Strange Columbus, we have the September 24, 1960 UFO case that involved a reported fireball. Investigators concluded that it was a probable meteor.
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From the files of Project Blue Book, the September 12, 1962 event was thought to have been an aircraft, but was never confirmed. An eyewitness letter is included in the files, but the writing has become so faint as to be mostly unreadable and so wasn’t included here.
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From the files of Project Blue Book, the August 1, 1949 UFO event involved two objects- a “smoke” trail and a bright light. The conclusion was that it was a contrail from a plane along with a visible star or planet.
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From the files of Project Blue Book. The July 8, 1948 UFO incident was thought to be some kind of aircraft.
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UFOs are kind of a hot topic right now. The US government has recently been releasing videos and documentation on what they acknowledge they can’t explain. The releases have begun to gain mainstream media attention, including a recent 60 Minutes report. The Pentagon is currently preparing a report to release to Congress sometime in June on these events, the contents of which could either be mundane or extraordinary. Is it a new technology from a foreign adversary? Optical illusions or natural events? Or something altogether far weirder? In the spirit of these recent news events, I thought it’d be interesting to go over some of the UFO sightings in and around Columbus over the years. This new series, Strange Columbus Things, will also highlight other types of weird local phenomenon throughout history. I hope to give a new post in this series 1-2 times per month.
The UFO events come from declassified files of the infamous Project Blue Book, which ran from the late 1940s to 1969. For the most part, the Blue Book files will just be scanned photos of the actual reports, with only occasional commentary.
The May 30, 1954 UFO event was never explained due to a lack of information.
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