# October 20, 1947 — Xenia, OH — Small Silver Sphere

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**Category:** Blue Book Unknowns\
**Created:** [October 19, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/t/october-20-1947-xenia-oh-small-silver-sphere/634 "2026-10-19T21:39:49Z")\
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October 20, 1947 — Xenia, OH  
11:00 a.m. Ruth Atkinson in Xenia, Ohio, sees a round, silvery object, 1 foot in diameter, flying southwest on a straight course at 1,500 feet. [Eberhart]

Summary:

 ![10201947-XeniaOH-MAXW-PBB3-190](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/b/bdd069b7e7db27ff6daa7ab5391b813a196a1328.jpeg)

Sources:  
NICAP, “Oct. 20, 1947; Xenia, Ohio (BBU)”;

> **[UFO Report](https://www.nicap.org/471020zeniadir.htm)**

Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 64, p. 29;

 ![10201947-XeniaOH-Sparks-Case62-p29](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/b/b25dca723183fc8d89c9ad29e95255830a56a880.png)

[PURSUE release, p. 40;]

 ![10201947-XeniaOH-SIGN-Incident20-p1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/6/6ae2f25590145378bdc873a130aa11f8b4c1f85f.jpeg)

[https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release\_1/38\_143685\_box7\_incident\_summaries\_1-100.pdf](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/38_143685_box7_incident_summaries_1-100.pdf)

[PURSUE release, p. 50;]

 ![10201947-XeniaOH-SIGN-Incident20-ALT-p1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/b/ba8c6667c711fa3562f7d0cf2f2f6b5b1fdebd90.webp)

[https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/061226/release\_03/documents/DOW-UAP-D087\_US-AirForce\_Analysis-of-Flying-Objects-in-the-US\_1-100.pdf](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/061226/release_03/documents/DOW-UAP-D087_US-AirForce_Analysis-of-Flying-Objects-in-the-US_1-100.pdf)