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Project 10073 Record Card — Cincinnati, Ohio, 28 April 1960

📅 28 April, 1960 📍 Cincinnati, Ohio 🏛 ATIC 📄 sighting_report
CincinnatiOhio1960Project 10073UFOsighting report

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Six children in Cincinnati reported seeing unidentified lights on April 28, 1960. The Air Force concluded the event was likely caused by light reflections on low clouds and haze.

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the evening of April 28, 1960. The report details an observation made by six children between 8:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. The witnesses described seeing red, green, and white lights that appeared to move randomly, hover, and occasionally vanish. The witnesses estimated the objects to be at an altitude of 850 to 900 feet and traveling at speeds they estimated at 1,000 m.p.h. The weather conditions at the time were noted as cloudy with haze. The children provided detailed questionnaires and sketches, describing the objects as cigar-shaped or saucer-shaped. The official Air Force evaluation concluded that the sightings were likely light reflections from the haze or clouds, given the random movement and the urban environment. The file includes a memorandum from Colonel Philip O. Evans, dated May 5, 1960, requesting that three questionnaires be forwarded for completion by the witnesses.

In view of the random movement and location in the city togather with low clouds and haze it is quite possible that the children were observing light reflections from the haze or clouds.

Official Assessment

In view of the random movement and location in the city togather with low clouds and haze it is quite possible that the children were observing light reflections from the haze or clouds.

The sighting was attributed to light reflections from haze or clouds due to the random movement and weather conditions.

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