Request for UFO Information (Letters from NASA)

This document file contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a civilian report of unidentified metal strips found on a farm near Brewster, Ohio. In September 1962, a civilian wrote to an official regarding the discovery of 'bunches' of foil found in their fields, noting that the material was in a 'basket-weave configuration.' The civilian expressed concern about the origin of the material, questioning if it was 'airborne' or related to trespassers. The correspondence was forwarded to the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Colonel Edward A. Wynn of the Foreign Technology Division subsequently informed Hq USAF that the material was identified as chaff, likely dropped by USAF aircraft during a practice mission. A follow-up letter from Lt. Colonel W. J. Lookadoo to the civilian further explained that chaff is used to create radar returns that mask aircraft movements, and that these bundles separate and fall slowly to the ground. The case was officially closed with the conclusion that the objects were chaff.