Project 10073 Record Card and Correspondence regarding Northern Ohio Chaff Incident

This document file contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a report of material falling from the sky in Northern Ohio in October 1958. A civilian from Mansfield, Ohio, contacted the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, enclosing a sample of material that had been recovered. The individual noted that the material appeared to have fallen from the sky and that there was evidence it had not been dumped from a nearby road. The individual requested an evaluation of the material, stating they had only speculations to offer their friends who had found it. The Air Force responded on October 27, 1958, through Major Lawrence J. Tacker of the Office of Information Services. The official response identified the sample as 'chaff' made of aluminum foil. The letter explained that chaff is utilized by the Air Force during training exercises to confuse enemy radar and is commonly found in areas where such training occurs. The record card for Project 10073 confirms this conclusion, noting that physical analysis of the objects recovered in Northern Ohio determined them to be chaff.