Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Dayton, Ohio, 14 December 1966
AI-Generated Summary
A reported UFO sighting in Dayton, Ohio, on 14 December 1966 was investigated and identified as an aircraft from the Barnes Advertising Company displaying a sign for Schoenling Beer.
This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding a UFO sighting reported in Dayton, Ohio, on 14 December 1966. The civilian observer reported seeing an object with blinking lights circling the area. The observer compared the object to a string of lights. Following an investigation by the Foreign Technology Division, contact was made with WP RAPCON and Mr. Barnes of the Barnes Advertising Company in Winchester, Kentucky. It was determined that Mr. Barnes was flying his aircraft over the Dayton area between 1830 and 2030 hours on the night of 14 December 1966. The aircraft was equipped with a large advertising sign for Schoenling Beer fixed to the bottom of its wings. The aircraft was flying at 45-50 miles per hour and landed at the Montgomery County Airport to refuel. The report concludes that the unidentified object was, in fact, this advertising aircraft.
The aircraft flies between 45-50 miles per hour while he is in operation. The sign read 'Happy Holiday Season from Schoenling Beer'.
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Official Assessment
Aircraft with advertising sign
The reported UFO was identified as an aircraft belonging to Barnes Advertising Company, which was flying over the Dayton area advertising Schoenling Beer.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Mr. SizerWP RAPCON contact
- Mr. BarnesBarnes Advertising Company owner