Project 10073 Record Card — Oberlin, Ohio, 1951

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting that occurred in Oberlin, Ohio, in 1951. The witness, a civilian, reported the incident in a letter dated February 1964, thirteen years after the event. According to the witness, they were walking on a dirt road near their father's farm when they observed a silver object, estimated to be 30 feet in size, hovering approximately 30 feet above the trees. The witness stated they were about 1,000 feet from the object and observed it closely for five minutes. The object reportedly made no sound while hovering, then began moving south, picking up speed until it was over a neighbor's farm, at which point it shot off as a white streak. The witness included a hand-drawn sketch of the object and asked for the Air Force's opinion on what it could have been, specifically questioning if it was Russian. The correspondence was directed to Lt. Col. Robert J. Friend at the UFO Investigation Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The Foreign Technology Division subsequently forwarded the letter to Hq USAF SAFOI-PB, noting that while the narrative contained essential data, the age of the sighting made it impossible to conduct a meaningful investigation. Consequently, the Air Force concluded that the report was unreliable and that there was insufficient data for evaluation. A formal response was sent to the witness by Major Maston M. Jacks, stating that the Air Force could not provide a definite answer and reiterating that there was no evidence that Unidentified Flying Objects represented a threat to the security of the United States or were extraterrestrial vehicles under intelligent control.