UFO sightings in Dayton, Ohio: Air Force files

198 US Air Force Project Blue Book case files name Dayton. The files run from 1947 to 1969. The busiest year was 1967, with 21 files. Most were filed in August.

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Dayton has more files than anywhere else for a simple reason: Project Blue Book was run from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, just outside the city. Local sightings were easy to report in person, and the base itself logged reports from its own staff.

Files by year

1’47

0’48

4’49

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6’52

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3’54

1’55

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9’57

10’58

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12’60

9’61

5’62

11’63

11’64

18’65

15’66

21’67

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11’69

Every file from Dayton

Each link opens the original scanned folder at the US National Archives (Record Group 341). Blue Book closed in 1969, so there are no files after that year.

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UFO sightings in Dayton, Ohio: Air Force files

Files by year

Every file from Dayton

1947 1 file

1949 4 files

1952 6 files

1953 7 files

1954 3 files

1955 1 file

1956 7 files

1957 9 files

1958 10 files

1959 8 files

1960 12 files

1961 9 files

1962 5 files

1963 11 files

1964 11 files

1965 18 files

1966 15 files

1967 21 files

1968 16 files

1969 11 files

Date unknown 13 files

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