Pfl'lftY.; -- !JKf :L'CUI';:;_ :...nd 'J3born, Ohi o ( UJj.Jinous) Inte iT.li t t..ont o.:y;e-u-3J1ces Dr HINEK 'S EVALUATIONS ExTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUDGE REPOHT. 1. Aatron~ioal 1:!1~ probabllitya b. }alr or low probability 2 . Non-aetrononloal tut sugbesti; e of other explt.Jl.iltioa.s Balloons or ordlr-ary airoratta b . kooketa, fl&rea or falli bodies: Q. l.!iaoella.ne<>us (reflections, auroral strelll"\urs, birds. eto.) a 3. Won-&atrono~io&l, with no ex? lan&tion eTident &4 Lack of evideaoe preoludee explanatiool ~. ~vidence offered ~u~z~a ~o ~x?lLnA~ioaa . Incident ~139 --Osborn, Ohio --9 July l 94G Thoro is no obvious astron~ical explru1ntion for thjs i."lcident. inveotiGa.tor \'Ia~ struck f)r.-;l oy tho !'aot that the description of the ino ident states, wi tn a.oout a quarter coon risinb 1n the tdast-southeast. u '.lh6 qua..rter moon can ne-ver be seen in that position at 2147 hours (looal ti:ne), .for the quarter moon seta at appro.xim.ately rnidriir)\t. Tho noo.a at that da.te w.e not yet at the first quarter, sod i~ set at Osoorn at a bout 2300 The oorrEot statement would be, " with a.oout a. qutlrter ~on set.t:ng in the "'ert-northvro6t." This., oddly enot:. ~h, 13 th~ quadrant of the aky 1n which t:'l.e object was reported to be In what direction, then, vaa the observer really lookin6? : . ... AlthouGh the s ky was reported as clear, oould it ?OSSibly . ~:. be that rapidly aouadj nb olouds perioaioa.lly obsoursd tr.e s'ettin~ . moon --a c~on whioh, inoidentally, does have a pale yello~ish-wnite