Project 10073 Record Card — Dayton and Vicinity, May 1962

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and associated U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheet regarding a UFO sighting reported in Dayton, Ohio, on May 25, 1962. The primary witness, a 38-year-old male who identified himself as a Civil Defense observer, reported seeing an object at 9:35 P.M. while positioned on a hill. The witness described the object as rising vertically at a rate of four to five feet per second with a slight easterly drift, eventually disappearing into a fog bank. The object was estimated to be 75 feet long and 30 to 40 feet thick, featuring red and white lights on its ends and a center area with reddish-orangish vertical ripples. The witness noted that there was no sound and that the object appeared solid. The sighting lasted approximately 40 to 45 seconds. The witness's wife was also present in the car during the observation. The official conclusion, derived from a memo routing slip and the FTD Officer of the Day report, stated that the incident involved a small aircraft with flashing advertising lights flying over the Dayton area, following approximately a dozen calls to local police regarding strange lights.