Project Grudge Incident Report #335 - Sidney, Ohio

This report details an investigation into a sighting of an unidentified aerial object near Sidney and Maplewood, Ohio, on May 6, 1949. The investigation was initiated following a request from Colonel V. R. Clingerman of the Air Materiel Command, prompted by a report in the May 7, 1949, edition of the Dayton Daily News. Witnesses, including a camera store owner and a local resident, described observing a bright, silver, flat circular object at a great altitude. The object was reported to be approximately five inches in diameter and one inch thick, traveling north at a fast rate of speed. Witnesses noted that the object was visible for approximately two minutes before fading out of sight. The weather was described as clear with no wind. Investigators interviewed multiple witnesses and concluded that the object could have been an aircraft, while also noting that the reports might have been influenced by recent newspaper coverage of UFOs. The document includes specific incident records for case #335, noting that the original report is linked to incident #310. The investigation was conducted by the Office of Special Investigations and finalized on May 26, 1949.