Project 10073 Record Cards and Memoranda for Record — August 1952

This document is a collection of Project 10073 record cards and memoranda for record, documenting various reports of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) in the Dayton and Piqua, Ohio areas during August 1952. The reports include accounts from civilians and military personnel. One notable incident involves a civilian who reported seeing two disc-shaped objects with a 'weird glow' moving across the sky on the night of August 24, 1952. The witness, who was initially skeptical of 'flying saucer' reports, described the objects as being about 15 times the size of a star, moving from the southwest to the southeast before disappearing. Another report involves an airman from the 97th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron who observed an object due east of his home between 2400 and 0100 hours, which he described as three to four times larger than a star. A third report, received via the Piqua Police Department, described an oblong object with flashing red and blue lights. The official evaluations for these sightings, recorded on Project 10073 cards, consistently categorize the events as having 'insufficient data' or being astronomical in nature, such as planets or stars. The documents include completed observer questionnaires where witnesses provided details on their location, the duration of the sighting, and the physical characteristics of the objects. The investigating officers, including Captains Marlyn Knauff and C.O. Spencer, noted the difficulty in obtaining precise information from witnesses, often citing the 'inexact' nature of the reports. The file serves as a record of the Air Technical Intelligence Center's efforts to process and categorize civilian and military reports of aerial phenomena during the height of the 1952 wave of sightings.