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Silver circular object observed by civilians near Milford, Ohio — July 1954
Jul 23, 1954Milford, Ohio (approximately 2 miles east on U.S. Highway 28) (approx.)
⟳ Deeper read pending. This record is from the FBI 62-HQ-83894 flying-disc file, whose cursive, clippings and faint scans are under-read by automated OCR. It is flagged for a vision-transcription pass and likely undercounts what the source contains — see the documents collection note.
Analysis — our summary
Carl R. Keyser and his wife reported observing a silver circular or spherical shape in the sky approximately 45 degrees above the horizon to the southeast of their residence near Milford, Ohio, at approximately 2:40 PM on July 23, 1954. The report was relayed to the FBI via Colonel J.M. Smith, Deputy Director of Civilian Defense for Greater Cincinnati. The FBI Cincinnati office referred the matter to Wright-Patterson AFB OSI.
As reported — verbatim from the document
“"both he and his wife, at approximately 2:40 p.m. on 7/23/54, had observed a silver circular or spherical shape in the sky which was located to the southeast of their residence, approximately forty-five degrees above the horizon"”
Analyst notes — caveats & confidence
Two witnesses (husband and wife); reported through official civil defense channels. No duration, speed, or maneuver data provided. Referred to Air Force as standard procedure. OCR quality is good for this section.
Provenance
Source document65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_6.pdf
Document typecorrespondence collection
Reporting agencyFBI
Source pages271
DeclassifiedFirst public at this release (2026)
Held classified~72 years (≥, to this release)
Extraction confidence ModerateHow cleanly this record could be parsed from the source — driven by legibility & redaction. It is not a measure of how credible or anomalous the sighting is.