Project 10073 Record Card and Correspondence — Richfield, Ohio, April 1960

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting in Richfield, Ohio, in April 1960. A female witness, who is a writer, reported observing a moon-shaped, luminous object on four or five occasions between 1:00 AM and 4:00 AM. The object reportedly changed colors between green, yellow, and chartreuse, and moved slowly across the sky. On one occasion, the witness noted that the object appeared to emit rays of light similar to a flashlight beam. She observed the object for periods of 20 to 30 minutes and eventually woke her two daughters, aged 17 and 19, to witness the phenomenon. The witness admitted to Special Agent John L. Stanley of the Cleveland FBI office that she had not reported the sightings earlier due to a fear of being perceived as a 'screwball.' The FBI forwarded this information to the Air Force's 5th District Office of Special Investigations, which in turn communicated with the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC). The official Air Force conclusion, as noted on the record card, is that the object was 'very probably a star or planet,' but that the lack of specific positional data made it impossible to identify the exact body. Consequently, the case was classified as having insufficient data for evaluation. Internal correspondence from May 20, 1960, indicates that the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center requested that three questionnaires be sent to the witness to gather more detailed information regarding the three separate sightings she described.