Project 10073 Record Card and Disposition Form: Sighting over Cincinnati, Ohio, 20 February 1959

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and a supporting Disposition Form detailing a UFO sighting that occurred on February 20-21, 1959. The primary witness was a Lieutenant Bradley, a pilot with the 165th TAC Recon Squadron of the Kentucky Air National Guard. While flying a B-57 aircraft at 41,000 feet over Cincinnati, Ohio, at approximately 0200Z, Bradley observed a round object displaying alternately flashing red, white, and green lights at five-second intervals. The object was positioned approximately 15 miles west of the pilot. Bradley initiated a chase on a heading of 270 degrees under the direction of Oak Hill GCI control. He pursued the object for approximately 200 miles at a speed of 0.8 mach, but the object gradually pulled away. The sighting lasted for 21 minutes. The report notes that the object was also sighted by three other aircraft, specifically identified as SAC numbers Archie 23 and Archie 32. The incident was reported to 'Moonshine' and 'Paycheck'. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 card is 'Probably an aircraft.' The disposition form, authored by Captain John C. McNeill, includes an extract from a report by Captain Merwin J. Sherline and confirms that the operations officer on duty at the 2046th AACSRON at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base considered the report accurate, noting that the B-57 pilot heard the other aircraft reporting the same object.