Project 10073 Record Card and Special Inquiry — Milford, Ohio, 23 July 1954

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and a formal memorandum from the Department of the Air Force, dated 17 August 1954. The records detail a sighting of an unidentified flying object that occurred on 23 July 1954, near Milford, Ohio. A civilian witness reported observing a silver, circular or spherical object in the sky at approximately 1440 hours. The object was described as being at an elevation of 45 degrees to the southeast of the witness's residence and remained stationary during the observation. The witness reported the sighting to Colonel J. M. Smith, the Deputy Director of Civilian Defense for Greater Cincinnati and Hamilton County. The information was subsequently forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base by Colonel Roberts P. Johnson, Jr., of the 5th District Office of Special Investigations. The official conclusion recorded on the project card indicates that there was insufficient data for a formal evaluation, though the comments suggest the object could have been a sundog or a balloon. The memorandum notes that no further investigative action was contemplated by the Office of Special Investigations unless specifically requested by the Air Technical Intelligence Center.