Mid-July 1947, Jackson, Ohio

Early in the saucer sensation -- mid July of 1947 -- capture of a "flying disc" excited residents of Jackson, Ohio.   Later, however, the "saucer" was identified as a U.S. Army Signal Corps Radiosonde Transmitter used for gathering weather data.

Source: Project "SAUCER" April 27, 1949 Air Material Command, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio