Project 10073 Record and Report of U.F.O. and Jet Activity Over Cincinnati Area

This document is a compilation of reports regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) and jet activity over Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 5, 1954, authored by Leonard H. Stringfield, Director of Civilian Research Interplanetary Flying Objects (CRIFO). The report details multiple sightings by various witnesses, including Herbert Clark, Hyman Lapirow, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Krueger. Witnesses described observing glowing, yellow-white, or red objects that exhibited non-conventional flight characteristics, such as hovering for extended periods, pulsating, and performing sharp angular turns. These objects were reported to be soundless, unlike the jets that were also observed in the area. The document includes a log of events occurring between 8:00 P.M. and 12:15 A.M., noting that the Cincinnati Lunken Airport Control Tower was unaware of any UFO or jet activity during the times reported. Stringfield evaluates the testimony of ten witnesses, concluding that the objects were solid, intelligently controlled devices and not meteors or conventional aircraft. Additionally, the document contains a separate, unrelated report regarding a crater found west of Logan, Utah, which was investigated by Dr. Lincoln La Paz and others, and determined not to be caused by a conventional meteorite fall. The document also includes a press clipping from the Cincinnati Post titled 'Jets, Saucers Play Tag In Skies,' which discusses the May 5th events.