U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheet — Sighting Report, Springfield, Ohio, 26 September 1953

This document is a U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheet detailing a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon on the night of 26 September 1953 in Springfield, Ohio. The witness, an M/Sgt stationed at Hq. ATIC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, reported observing the object while attending a football game. According to the report, the witness and three other airmen observed a dark, funnel-shaped object that appeared to drift between them and the moon. The witness described the object as transparent, resembling a tornado, and noted that it did not completely obscure the moon as it passed in front of it. The observation lasted approximately three and a half minutes. The witness stated that the object moved northward and eventually disappeared after moving out of the 'moonglow'. The witness explicitly noted that there were no other clouds in the sky at the time. In the concluding section of the report, the observer characterized the object as a weather phenomenon, specifically a 'tornado cloud'. The document also includes a reference document titled 'Meteors in the Records', dated 28 September 1953, which discusses various fireball sightings and the American Meteoritics Society's records from 1950 to 1955, providing context for how such phenomena were categorized and tracked during that era. The report includes sketches by the witness illustrating the object's appearance and its movement relative to the moon.