Project 10073 Record Card — Uniontown, Ohio, 25 August 1960

On August 25, 1960, at approximately 3:45 PM, a civilian witness in Uniontown, Ohio, observed two unidentified aerial objects while in her backyard. The witness, a mother of three, reported that she and her children were looking at a low-flying airplane when they noticed a round, shiny, metallic object high in the sky. The object appeared to be the size of a half-dollar and exhibited a spinning motion. After approximately three minutes, the first object tipped on its side and veered toward the northwest, at which point a second object of similar description appeared below it. Both objects then disappeared suddenly. The witness described the objects as resembling 'tops' or 'spinning records with a funnel through the hole' when viewed from the side, noting they were thicker in the middle. She emphasized that the objects were clear and not fuzzy, and that they reflected the sun, causing them to 'sparkle.' The witness initially reported the event in a letter to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on August 31, 1960. Following this, Lt. Colonel Lawrence J. Tacker of the Air Force Public Information Division acknowledged the report on September 6, 1960, and requested that the witness complete a formal Air Force technical information questionnaire. The witness complied, providing detailed sketches and descriptions of the sighting, including the objects' trajectory from the southeast to the northwest. The official Air Force conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 record card suggests that the objects were likely high-flying aircraft, with the appearance of a disc caused by solar reflection and atmospheric inconsistencies. The witness, who had previously been skeptical of UFO reports, expressed that the experience had changed her perspective, stating she was no longer a 'doubting Thomas.'