Dayton Ohio — May 1949

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Keywords: iijcidz, intervicv1, obocrve, dlandford, tlbcr, lrioe, appridg, bronae, llevation, ijnutea, aetleoted, oaoillatinc, ianauver, lppearnnce, obccr, ijdrr, sutnljty, viewect, follovjij, irforma, rjsel, r1tion, thjir, uistat, determinod
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UNCLASSIFIED IIJCIDZ:JT IJO. ~b(J -- D.:1to of Intervicv1 2 . Exnct Tir.1c (local) D..a.yton. Ohio 3. Pla cJ of Observ.:J.tion l~. Position of obocrve r M~ Dlandford 5. :vhw.t attracted attenti on i o object. 6. IJu.'Tlbcr of object~ l'lrioe that ot A/C 7. Apparent size S. Color of object 1 aide dull in oolor o~her aide tlaahed brightly 1n aun. AppriDg to be t;old or bronae Bound and tlat (Diao) 10. Altitude 25P llevation Direction fron observe r Dis tance froc observe r Dir~ction of flibht o f c~(iJnutea poaaibly le1a 14. Tine in s iaht taater tbaa A/C 16. Sound and odor 17. Tro.il aetleoted light trom 1 aide 18 . Lu::ti.no si ty 19. Projections Cl~b1DC Gradually oaoillatinc 20. J.ianauver s 21. I1.:~.nn~r of dis'lppearnnce 22. Effect on Clouds 23. Addition~1 Info~tion ConcerninG Object- 24. ~'leather r..ondi tions. lJNCl SSIFIF.O l~e>:.1c nnd address of obscrv~r: (Houa vva) Occup~...tion .'l.'1d hobbies: UNCLASSIFIED Dayton. Ohiu Co!:ll:~onts r)f InterroG.1.t o r rcl:! ti vc t o int,; lli::cnce .1~1c: ch a racter of obccr,r~r( s): iJdRR .TIV1 SUtnLJtY: UNCLASSIFIED . Si~hted bv ~..l~'tOl:, t ' II i o viewect b." t b:t m;der s i ,.t:e d r . . c. ) th) follOVJiJ; . irforma.tion \.'~S u rJSel ted: ::er atte r1tion :Jas first callea t o the ohjoct bv rs. S.iL"'hte d ::.l most directlv r: o rth of thJir f'OSi tior: in the back }'l0"l6Se Tn elevation, i t U [:'.)6:::tr e d t;O Of: jUSt Ut)()Ve s o:.1e h01 SO~ : t~1e r.ey:- street (esti:.tated by tmder s i "~eu 2t:; elev. ' hut -:J, e uistat~ce '.J.'''Dv c-:nll1 no~ he determinod, 'c .)l oceeued in an eus;;,rl;v <li.r etior, clim:>~n~ -rd "llY, seemed to level out for a. short while, -chen c limbed ra ... idly, uis1 .. '=!lrinr :.l-: v~ry hit!'h altitucle in t~e rorthaa.sterly direction. 7he obie~t wo.s round .:!n shar e Y:hen S:-3en in full size, bvt f'lat vhen se~1' eci,..~v;i.s~. Tt W'3.s :1:1(~ill--1ti.r in roll f'fllip.)i.n r ov~r" in word s o f w itnoFs ) co.,.tiruousl~.r. C'ne :;i.l'3 was '1''11 in color but the other sjue f'lashed h r i .rhtly in t he SU'1. !'he Sl'J~f\d cf the object could not ho estit1tlted out aooea.red to be t ravellinr: " pre::t f'ast". The size coulJ not be ~stimated, it did not appear verv larre in th;, . ist:...r.cp, but cotJl a hg,ve bdon a r-ood-sized 0bjact. 'fher~ was r.o trail of V:.l;Jo r or s ::o:..:0 any kind. Sho had no idea whttt the object cou l d o~. 1.'his l ..lt'Cr s~a.temen~ was repeated s~veral times. .Che time in si.,.ht was descrihud ~s t,:o or thr t;e minutvs, bu t when a five second count was 1'11ade by tho urdersi<"nod, she thou ht it was probably a much shorte r time thg,n ''two or thr oe" mi:utes The location and direction 0 1; movement coincidod exactl~' \1ith the d'3scrip- tion of' 1:rs. he also dos e l'i bed the "t' li ppiu;; mot i o n " stat inr-t h.t t , when first seen, it a ppeured to be rnovin" rathe r leisurely, but picked up s ">eed when it l eveled off, then started its r a pid ~limb. The shiny si.de seemed to b e golden or bronze in color. She could not estiJ:Ja to the distance away, hoVJev er, when qnestionc-;d about the size she was quite cart'-l.in that i t w~s about twice the size of' the aircraft t hat were always flyinr:-around and moved faster than an airplane. The time in sieht was described as "two or three" minutes. There was no trail of vapor or smoke and no noise, There was no other object of any kind near the one observed. The object sie;hted was described as round in shupe, but not round in all directions, It appeared to be flat, when seen edy,ewise, thus could hardly be seen in that.attitude, Her son also saw the object and described it as being like the lid of a lar~e tin can sailin~ thru the air (i.e,, the way a flat round object sails when thrown and spun, turning over ~adt>ally.) A. B. Deya rmond