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Project 10073 Record Card: Wadsworth, Ohio Sighting, 8 August 1958

📅 8 August 1958 📍 Wadsworth, Ohio 🏛 Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) 📄 Record Card and Disposition Form
WadsworthOhio1958Project 10073physical specimenbrass tube

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AI-Generated Summary

TL;DR

A reported UFO sighting in Wadsworth, Ohio, in 1958 resulted in the recovery of a physical object. Analysis by the Air Technical Intelligence Center identified the object as a piece of man-made brass tubing.

On 8 August 1958, at 2000 hours, a civilian witness in Wadsworth, Ohio, reported observing a thin-walled tube falling from the sky. The object was recovered and processed by Detachment 6 of the 4671st Ground Observer Squadron. The item, designated as a physical specimen, was forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) for analysis. The object was described as a piece of yellow brass tubing, approximately 65% copper and 35% zinc, which had been hand-crimped. It featured an aluminum cap brazed to one end, upon which the text 'St. Louis, Mo. 440' or '449' had been hand-scratched. Investigators concluded that the object was likely a piece of ornamental hardware, such as a lamp fixture or fishing pole handle, rather than an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The report notes that the tubing wall was too thin for use as a cartridge shell. Following the assessment, the acting chief of AFCIN-4E2 determined that further laboratory examination of the object was not justified. The specimen was subsequently cataloged as an artifact.

The obj could have been used for a number of things such as a fishing polehandle, lamp fixture, etc.

Official Assessment

The object is a piece of yellow brass tubing, likely used for architectural grill work, lamp fixtures, or similar ornamental hardware, which was hand-crimped and modified.

The object was identified as a piece of yellow brass tubing (65% copper, 35% zinc) with an aluminum cap. It was determined to be a man-made object, likely ornamental hardware, and not a genuine unidentified aerial phenomenon. Laboratory examination was deemed unnecessary.

Witnesses

Key Persons

  • Mr. NaugleRecipient of physical specimen for analysis

Organizations

Military Units