Civil.l 0!1 12 April 19-4,S, Reverend Delaware., Ohio was On Thured~y, ~ April 1~8~ at appro:x-tely 2:30PM, r~trs, ou!" next door neighbor, cane to the door and told us to come out and see th9 s~r e phenooenon i~ the $ky. went L~to the backy~rd sod saw this ~tr~OG~ obj~ot in the S~J, a littl~ 3out~ of ~3t from our house. Ther~ \'m:l only one objeot end main part seem~ to be spherical ~t~ e.. small o.. con ntx-~tc~ll bit ot cloud axo~.?t it ~oaJ cl'larly ou-clinad.. Tha ~s.ther 1l U1o, , ~n there .v1ls a b!L.lk of c l)tld3 to tr.e sou~h of us at quJ +;e s. diatJ\.nce. l>OCt.\.ltS~ I coulJ not tell wh6thar it waa above or b e low ol 1d lavel. I cor.tt ro it with. I .... uuld juci~.- nows'7er, that it could Dt)t h~'7' be<!tn le3s thnn 5 fe9t i:n 7tidth.. The -.rind \Ya3 blowing tho tr~es t\nd oloud3 from e. w.s r.ly dlreot.ion and -che object wa3 tr~nli."'l~ ny !'rom 'l, not too ~ at, c.lMoat due we~t into the wind. It tta?eled in a 3trsi~ht line a.nd did not nouvel". 1 cou l.i not h &e.r s.n y s wnd r:-om it and I oou l d :lo t ~ee tt.n :1 ~ct\tlst tr~il of any kind. ,:ie ~a:cned it ror a-t le.,.3t ten mL"':U.tes until it UtfiD2~1TIFl'"':n OBJZl;T I iT Slrl. l)ela.waro, Ohi~ WRs internewed ar..d substantia.t~d all the raots as giv-m by her rusb!J.nd in the above interview (par 2), and added the follo~ t The peC'1li~ object in the s~<:y look:9d to me li!ce a spherio.U "blob -;.i.th str~aks above it. By "blob" I mean 11~ stift" batter or dough dropped f r om a spoon. It vras whi t e a.nd ~l~arly outlined b\1t it did not l ook li.ke a balloon. The sky around the ob~ee t wa3 completely cle~r of clouds. The obj1ct Ha~ tra7~lin~ aG~inat the wind in a south~3torl7 di~ection. I call~d l'u~ P~J:-kins Observatory three or four minutes o.fter I fi. rst saK t he object ~oou t it. ;':" called b.ack later but they had not been abl~ to sieht tho object . Dn~l:t~ the ti.rne 1 wont into tr.e house to tol3phone. the ob_!.,ot did not ee-9ltt to ~h~!" .sh !lpe, !lOr did its al ti b1d~ chang~ I h:::N"d planes fl yi.ng o"'Ter Ot\'r house at some tL-ne ori.or t o the) tim., o~ll ld \1 3 but I dtd not On 12 April 1<)48 , ~la:nre~ Ohio ~., inter vi e od A.nd :Jtat~ l n 3\tbate.no J: At :1pproxime.tely 2 :30 PM on Thursday 8 A;u-11 1943~ l heard ~ pl~ I d.!.d '1ot go outtide to look at it. Shor+,l:,r ,r -thi3 I ~! "! 11 ed O'lt3ide Incident !tll2,~-r--hshley e.ud Dsl:rxare, Ohio--8 ..o.pril 1948 ( Suparood\Js 1!1teri:n report of 2/15/49} Yrom the des criptions (;iVO:l by tha 79.rlaus oo::>ervers -- 1,1n~ '\"ortiou.l oylinder --on:l o~I..Il s~miso t.nJ.t th-Jre is o. 6tro.1b pos:Jibi llty th..1.t t h e obj,Jct was no~hin;; raortJ Lhu.n a s!lort. vorti~al., Thos~ tr!\il 5 n.ro knoHn to 1o.~:3lct for hal!' faot that -,):t obs13r-1nr .sto.ted tho.t o.t fL.it thtl cylinder res !JL.Ol :1d t.o.: ::i th s trea!lers o r s t r en}=s of ~nor attached to it. It r;ave the '"".."1'10~-rar...~'J of e. \1!-:.it.e ~loud btl t it rlid r. o-l; be~t'\'\"'f' li'!.:e ~ clow1 A.s i t r~:d::ained I do l ! O t hE'.ve a.ny idea ;;} n t it :-1as. ob j J c t ond m 1.urosual 1 did not bl'\r t'n:,' o.i r r lanes bt': I want outsilie to l~ok \ t this lll' "!.J ::d. t h n t I oalled \.o -.y \usb~nd to .Jcme out nr.d s~e i ~. 1~ .. l'lls cylindrical in n \ 1~ n.nd seflm\.ed -4:o h al'!) ~""or o.ronnd it a t the too. :in en I !'i :-1l t s aw i i; l'~i9 -; r onna. cor. \.<.inut:!d "-' '-~. me \'Joe. \:her \'t!l.:> cle~r and there were no clouds arou~d t.he objec t . l ~ soO':":led very lar :;e to ~e, e.bout th9 si:e of a ful l :::oon i n hei:::;ht but !'"'l:ch smaller in wi.l+.h. 0f course, 1 canno-t b e sure l)f' its si~A :!iS 1 did I ne n r d nn 'lit..., una .~ o rrr~ r ;:t.:r It s otmded lik'l it .. ,'ls !'lyi!!~ lrY.'J tnrl s':3em~d to r-..a! o.n exce1/ti.onall:' loud roa.rinr, noise. I "m inter- DOll .. \ill. G ti -.a l At first thoH t 1 t 3effl:'l~d to L6 u. 1 Hlf' CJlit1drical Lody li~e a stic~ o' .:.'ir~wcod. 'ihe :;11n .t'\3 shi ni:1s o n r. u 1. ) a 'bi ~ omA lla r t.~a.n t:h e n lanB. ~" nl .. ,na "te.:i 1'lrin;-; low io no~ c~ll - ien Delawar e Gez-9tte naout this ~ran:;e objl3o t n.fter I read where peo!'le in Dnlc.w~re, Chic had sean it. 1 rlo not r..ave a.ny idea what it wE\s. (!) On lc: A::ril 19L~, ra.ss !'.s3istant b a..i.k cashier, nnd : r:;, , housc;,ke f9r, both or' Ahsley, Ohio v1er~ interviAvted and stlted i n sub<>tn:'ce: f l y OYI3r the houJe, I t sounded o.s if it wu.:J fl~ri.ne low nnd see~ed to a. s t r a.n:;e objoc t i n t.'"te s~ o :r)nt out-sido und -2v3 nle..'1e ~':''3.:3 :one but W9 sa--:J the ohj>ct in tho n''=.'IJ 1:. Wtn ol~>arly ~..;.,ttHned und vms moving slowly inn aont.hw.,sterly rlir9ction. It .,!\S p41.rellal to th .;round u;1d vms novin~ s+..e'ldily e n "\ t 3 ~rar w) -!Tout 1he weather ws.s clo-.r :\nd t."ler'> ~ere r.n t~lourls in -the s't:t n-=3ctr t.he objact. 1he wind '.la s blov.i ng from tne nor the si !e o t' the ob,ieet as it -:ra~ cmi te a distance f~ us n:: d t!'-e .. ~ was noth1n;; to oanpe.re i t -:nth, We do not know what it Wf\S, Dr ~'S EVALUATIONS gxTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUDGE REPOHT. 1. tronO!:lioal k:ir,h pt"obab111tya probability 1 lov_, l 6G, 2 . tlon-a trononlot\l tut su~r,~at1;o or othttr ~:xr>lsua.tioWl a . BAlloon8 or crdicary a rcra1t & M16oell n~ou:s or ftlling bodieo: ( re.fl o t ion5, uroral Btrf'~!lor , b~rda. Z :.J~)n-:.stronot.!1oa.l_ with no ex la:u t ion evident Li o k of -,vldi;uo~ preol do a:<planat lon r.:::c~-L!Sr -m~I!)E:'J~ IF!ED FLY!rlG OBJECTS .) I o co t i on : Zli:W of obse rV"Jr ; . Cccupation of ob1orvor 6 . ;\-!dT'"!3S of ObSOt'V"'Jr ~7. Pl a co of obsor~tion - ~- ':) ~ D".. 1tnn eo of' o oj o ot f:oc:m o bs orro" D.trootion of f'li;;ht Cdor dotootod o_ . oparent oon~truotion 1/1 E:xhnuat tn1ls -foathor conditione ... r~o.ot on olouds tohoa or photo~rupha '"n!"'.r.er of dis a npoa rnnco D/S liwi.A.us.a