PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - New Carlisle, Ohio - 21 September 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting reported by a housewife in New Carlisle, Ohio, on September 21, 1957. At approximately 3:30 am, the witness, who had awakened to feed her baby, observed five lights—two in the front and three in the rear—moving from west to east across her window. She estimated the objects were traveling at 20 mph and were positioned 4 to 5 feet off the ground. The witness, who described herself as a 'saucer believer,' stated she felt the objects were 'out of this world.' Her husband reported the incident to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC). The official investigation concluded that the objects were, in fact, automobile lights. The report notes that a highway was under construction in front of the witness's home, and the State Highway patrol had been conducting police patrols in the area, making extensive use of spotlights. The investigators determined that the reported speed of 20 mph was consistent with normal automobile cruising speeds and that the objects could not have maneuvered between the trees in front of the house as the witness claimed, further supporting the conclusion that the sighting was terrestrial in origin.