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UFO. United States

ID #1522671198
Added Mon, 02/04/2018
Author July N.
Sources
Phenomena
Status
Investigation

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
12.07.1965 19:05
Location: 
Атенс, OH
United States

In mid-July on the Athens (Oh) has been spotted a strange object. The witness managed to photograph him. UFO Douglas Stewart was taken at 8:00, 12 July. He watched him with five witnesses. He took this picture with Pentax camera with 135mm lens and a 1.8 x Barlow with a focal length of 243 mm. Film was 35-mm film Kodak Plus-X, which was underdeveloped to reduce image contrast. (deployed in D-76, 1:4). All the event was witnessed by Dr. and Mrs. William, Mrs. Claude Kantner and Mrs. Scott Wilson.

An unidentified flying object was discovered on Monday, July 12, thousands of people in most parts of Ohio (PA), West Virginia and Maryland. Approximately at 19:05 local time, reportedly, the object was above Findlay (Ohio).

This object was visible on radar within 24 minutes. Air station Bellefontaine (Oh) had two objects on the radar. Another or the same object was detected on radar in Oakdale (Pennsylvania), and was visually observed near Eastmont (Pennsylvania). This object kept on the radar about an hour.

Lockbourne AFB (Ohio), sent a jet to have a closer look at the object, but he could not reach the object, which reportedly hovered at a height of from 60 000 to 80, 000 ft.

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Original news

Douglas Stewart’s UFO was taken at 8 PM, July 12, in Athens, Ohio, with five witnesses. At the time, J. Douglas Stewart of 100 Second St. Athens, Ohio, took this picture with a Pentax camera with 135mm lens with a 1.8x Barlow creating a focal length of 243 mm. The film was Kodak Plus-X 35mm film, which was underdeveloped to reduce image contrast. (developed in D-76, 1:4) This entire event was witnessed by Dr. and Mrs. William. Stehr, Mrs. Claud Kantner and Mrs. Scott Wilson.

 According to the Steubenville Herald-Star of Tuesday, July 13, 1965, an unidentified flying object was spotted Monday, July 12, by thousands of persons over much of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland. Sometime around 7:05 p.m. local time, an object was reported hovering over Findlay, Ohio. This object was picked up on RADAR for a period of 24 minutes. The Bellefontaine, Ohio, Air Station had two objects on radar. Another or the same object was picked up on radar at Oakdale, Pennsylvania, and observed visually near Eastmont, Pa. This object was held on radar for about one hour. Lockbourne AFB, Ohio, sent up a jet plane to get a closer look at the object but could not reach the object reportedly hovering at 60,000 to 80,000 feet. 

Hypotheses

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Balloon/Weather Balloon

The balloon (simplified is a balloon) — an aircraft lighter than air, where the lift force is used enclosed in a sheath gas (or heated air) with a density less than the density of the surrounding air.

Distinguish between tethered, Svobodnaya and balloons — powered airships.

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  • Site: Vandenberg AFB, California (USA) Vehicle: Atlas-SLV3 Agena-D Payload: KH-7 20 (Gambit-1 20, Mission 4020, OPS 5810)

Investigation

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You need to find the full version of the photo for further analysis. The appearance of the object on the photos presented are characteristic of a weather balloon.

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