l:. sou ace ; Civilia."'l ~ 4. NU ;:R CF OaJcCTS . S. L~N~tH Or O~ScRVATION l No;, ~ported TYP~ OF O~S::RVATION Grou."'ld-Visual PHYSICAL EVIDenCE PROJECT 10073 RECO:::O 2. LOCATION olUJo10US, Ohio 10. CONCLUSION 11. BRIEF SUWJ~ARY AND ANALYSIS ~e object or two lights. The ch 1 r fl d1' ' t d lights were round and approx ze o co 1gn s an gave ou t bill' t 1' ht tsi mj lar to white hot or molten metal The li~ts were ~raveling slowlY southward Uf\ILLA::>S I HAM OF St..OJCT OR TITLE 0, IHCIDOIT 1. DATE SUBMITTED ) , COfiTROL SYMBOL OR FILE HO. 4 REI'ORT 0, FIHDIHaS :l l ;'ttin~ o'' U!1COlC\cn!;inno.l nircrrt.-~ \.nn ""U l1l~:w.l i n l. c ... ::io ~tt'l'.C Journ:ll, Coh1.rl~u:~. l '.io: .. 'rtc r.'~: over t'lc .nst .:iido of Colu.1hus \:r1s fttll o f "'t.r n:,-o t ho:"'UJolvo:l ou "ficient1~.' to start. l~tvo!;ti~ntin ; S<Y.::l t o tolcl roll c o o ' uld l rctt s "" or.<. l i '''lt ~li:l.P.d 'hlc!\ he sufu in t~o s!cy ~totor oll c r and sta.ted in su te.nce : foot. ?.1c ob~cct .ro.s cit;e ... -ont c.:.l .-:o.o trnvolin;: i::. a \ro~tcrly Uni tol ..Jt:.!.to~ :.a.v:-, nir:>lo.no . tho " Co:lcti t1tio!1." I c!.l.: ~ot ::o o em ox.tnuct trn.il. :lll:i I :~onrd no ooun ~. ..: ac n l !'ir c t n~w t ::o ob- ject, I c~llud to n :o .-:a:; c ta:1 .it~ -; on his tnll~in~ t o ' tis ::.i:;t or, Col\l:'lbua. C:tio, nn:.l c.n::c l t ' .C' 1 ir t:1cy could sco t:~o FOinto,l d uo fJOst into t '1o c:-:y . t:1o~ sniJ t:!a t t".toy COUlJ !:00 t.~O object As t h o y D? O}'O, t-;o tl!lrOS U~j'OC".rCrl to drop tro:-:1 the o':>jcct. '1'!1030 woro circular. o...~d t 1oir color wno ai-lilar WNGRADgU AT a Yf~AR l~TERV,~\ 00 DECLASSIFIED AFTER 1! Y!!AR.~ DOD Dllt 5200.10 I. SIGMATUU OF SKCIAL AGDfT L TYI'C NAMl AND ~llAT~ 0' WCIM. AG.Dt~ lO:>t !1 CIC ~.c-tt'.c\ . .,ont ICOFOIM 341 I NAME OF SUBJECT Olt TITLE OF' INCIDEHT Z. DATE SU8MinED 3. CONTitOL SYMBOL OR FILE NO. 4. ltEPOitT OF' FINDINGS (2) ( Conti!luo ~) t~n't " ro-Cl blo.st rurn~CO rr1o :'lru-cn \'.'Or O c.,; r o):i- "'Ut.t~ l t l.-, Gl~c o-"" n tr.rcrnr;c ~cn.rc! or l'lor. :11 :tt, an.:. t ' tc:t .. -ere O"'lC n oc.r t~c lm:=r ri,..'-lt n."'ld V1o ot:~or ~o~ t,o ! o.:cr lo~t o!' t ho objoot. 7.'1C:f t:1o!'l turno.:i ~:ol~ ,..,'1 e.nc:i ':."'re c xtin-:uisho t, firzt t.'-lo ri~':t Wl<l t:1c:1 t:t~ l oft. ..:1ilc t,10 !'lru-cc harl rc-..a:.."1od ~t1 tlr i'l:..ry u~c r t~c ob tin.-:uis:1ct! a cphcr c c!ro: pcd fror."l t !tc o'Jj-ct c..:' z.;t: lo"l ! ircc~ly unc!crnoo.t': it. T'1i: ::.r;ncro ' ':M o. h rilllc.r.t ::'lite n ... ,l a.bout o.o - rtrt:l t'\0 ~!.zo o f t .0 cottin: Slm. T':c 0~) ... ct n!'l(! :l"''t~rC t'1on app~nro:l t o ri::.o O."ll bot:1 di co.='..,o!lrod into tt:.o clou:.i ~. I co..n re- ocU.l not:1in:; !'urt,or concernins this incident. (C-3) Acont 'o ~:otc : 71rot V'.l.C\1 Secon.l Joyo otatcd t.:1c.t he ,-:as r:dsquotod by tho t,l-tlo St.'l'tc ~o'.Jl"n~--.1 o!' 1 ( 3oo par 1.) ap;--o rod to tno undor:l i :nod to bo cxtr = ..... c ly hap;Jy t.~at he TiU:J inr; questioned b y a ~ovcrn:'Xlnt 0:-t?lo::oo ro:az-d- in~ hin o.llcscJ di:1covcry of unil!cntiticd ob~cct:J. ;!e ap?oars to bo hi~hly i."':lnc:ino.ti-.e o.nd \7:-tile L"lsworinc; questions. o.ns\';urod i~rE~" :-- UNCLASSIFfFD v "' L TYPID NAMI AND OltGAHIZATIOfll OF' Sl'tCIAL AGENT I. SIGNATURI OF' Sl'tCIA.L AGENT lO~t~\ C IC i)c t:~c:HlC:tt AGOFORM 341 I HAM I 0' SUIJECT 0 " Tln.t M INCDENT (2) ( r~r,out 'n :.oto Contint:od) 1 CONTROL SYMIOL OR FlU: HO, It is t '10 l')~linion sucl a. tono t:w.t o't:1or c . .,pl o:/ .u s co .. ll . h \'"'lr i~; W'l..lorcir..lod. th:-a.t .Joyc 'a tul~.:~!'"!l r.cr~ t~o wit:tolt unv ~:onl ta.ticn vr t!tO\:~ht (3) On 1 AUGUSt 1~4D, , ~c~ini~t, Coltn!ms, C!lio, wa.s intorvi~7ed concoruin ... llJl unld<'ntlriorl o":)jcct r.e ncr.7 in t'1o :;:-y, and ~ tntoc in ~n~'l3to.:lco: At e.,proxi-t' .. t.ll l~li ,nnr : , :a J u l 1. .~n, jud-:o tlinta.::co ::.~ t:.o ::onv ono, bt.;t t'tc o!J~'lct:; -;;cro v~r: .1-;.. :"1:J~' uoro rount.!, a. o.-,proxi-.utol : t'~c :lizo o!' ~loo .. :l i. -ht:: :\:':t:. a.vo out wo.c ':Onoro.lly cloc.r, b1;t t~ro uere co~ clouJ n in t'!.o .. ost. L10 objccto or li~ 1ts .:cro truv olin-:; slo-.:1:; in ::a. :;eut:~orly dilccti o:'l. I hoo.r~ no ootm.: ru\' ct:c not soo D.!'.Y Ol:'1..::mst trn:.l or ovl l ~cu or lo~o-mtlo~. 1. '1c v o :to !'urt:lOr L'l"or-:l!ltlon ~o~ccrnin"' t'~ls -.:10- no-,o rJl. ( n-G) A::;ent' s l:oto: Intor::mnt .ml1:or r;o.vo ~1is in!'or-1~tlon i:1 u sinccr.' c t r:.l. :rt .. or.m.rd ~f).:mor, -.:it.~ no P.'"'~nt o~ -:crntio n . :o ato.tod :d, iU:or:c.nt , \'ho \':tl.R \.U"L.:nc.:~ t o ~i1 . rcviounl~.r, ~tnd c alled u.t :~i~ :!o":ll llt 3~ ... 0 hour~ to ~-: .. ~vo corro1;or~to, f or n olice rc""ort, his ) d!.ncovcr: of' t ' c ob .... ~cts carl i:;r L"'l t:1o evenin ~ .. !tile TTai tin--: for t:.o poli~o t o o.rri v."l, t o l d .. ul~or m! ~tt:c!!.ctl ::clo:tcc ~ed astro~o::iy ;'\S u :to:.,y , ,.,.~s .:.!.tcrc~tcu in all current events, o.nd heLd read '\C!'lV cc iontl~ic ric tior.nl and non-rictionnl bool:a. further stutocl t n t!-lc undcrsi t !mt ppcnrod sli--htly i~--:in~tivo tL.!'ld o.ctod ~cculinrl~t. ~!!'.d 1nforr1Bd . a.l~or t:ta.t :to iuw no sloop So.t-..:r..!::a.:; nir;ilt hcco.:.t~o o!' ilorr- ovor hia wito ~"'ld n -born bo.by DNCLASSIFIED L TYJIC MANI AND Olt~AICIZATIC* M SPCIAL AGENT I. SIGHAT\111( CW SPECIAL AGOfT l t'1 CIC Jot:c .;:~nt AGOfOIM 341 UNCLASS\Fac.: i!owl11.lu.rt or c :J3c o ml i\.rt:1y Fort r.eorc o f~. o ndo, .nr~ ll"~ad iJirocto r of lz::t~lli o ,,~ . .., Dopa.rt-.'Or.t o!' t !lc \ Unconvon tion:.l ;\irorc..ft. :io ru.l, A. onp o!' attac:-\otl r\lport }.ns boc!l r urnisr1od t~tc :\ir : 'ntori<~ 1 CoT.Ilnr., .tri():t-rattc rr.o:l /,ir i'or~o abovo subject Intvlli~onoo ~fficer CC a A!.fC, Wright-Patterson A.FB / UNCLASSIFIED lJNCLASSIFfED I NCIDENT NO. 1. Date of Observation 31 July 194~ Da t e of Intervimv 1 \..1 ust 194') 2. Exact Time {local) 1915 3 Place of Observati on Columbus, Ohio 4. Posit i on of observer Ground 5 at attracted attention to object 6. Number of objects 1 7 Apparent size 5-times u. s. Navy Constitution 8. Color of objeot Qreyish-blue 10. Altitude Very high 5.ooo 11. Direction from observe r West . 12. Distance from observer 13. Direction of flight ot' object(s) \'lestorDly 14. Time in sight 16. Sound and odor 18. Luminosity 19. Project ions 20. Maneuvers 21. Manner ot' disappoaranco 22. Et't'ect on Clouds 23. Additional information concorning objoct Objeot appeared to drop 2 tlarea. 24. lloo.thor Conditions Generally o1ear. amal1 t1eeo,y o1ouda lJNCLASSJFlEO Ea oo o.nd o.ddr ess o f obsur ver: Occup~tion ~d hobbi o s r t JNCLASSJFJE[; Kotor oiler P!.kohinist Co lumbua , Oh i o Comme n t s o f Interro &ator r o lativo to intolligonco and charact e r of obso r~or(s) HARRATrv-:: SillihiARYs On 1 AUGUSt 1949 , waa interviewed, c oncern r<1otor oilo r, apu.oe ahip which he Columbu s , stated i r. On '1 Jul~ 19L9, at a pproximately 1915 hours, 1 aaw an object in tha aky, very high, at an altitude of' about tive thousand feet. Tho object YlfiS due west a nd wa s traveling in a Tleatorly diroction. !he sky wu.a ~onerally cloar, but there were s .. till fleecy cloud ill the vicinity of t ho object. Tho ob j ect waa ow.l-shtipod, e;reyish- blue in oolor nnd 11bout five t i mes the aize ot the United States liavy airp.ano, tho "Conatitution." 1 did not aeo an exhaust o.nu I heard no eounaa. .:hen 1 firs t tho object, I called to a ho 1 property o.t talkin:~ to his aiator, olt.moua, Chio, and aakDd them it t hey oould aee the obje :; I pointe d d\;e weat int o t he aq, th\ly sai .. t}Jat they oould aee the object. ., s thoy s poke, two f lllrea 11 .. ;;e~rod to clrop troa the objbct. These Yfere circular, nr.d t heir color wo.s t~1~-.i.lu.r to tha \'lh~te heat tron a bl11.at turmotte The flare a were a ppr oximtoly tho aize or ~:~on av- r a n .. s earch or tloodli;ht, o.nd they were illuminated for about one minute. r ho flures remait:e d atatiol1ary, one near thfJ lower rir)lt o.nd thu ot httr no .. r the lowe r l o t' t or t he ob j e ct. They t hen turned yellow and were oxticguiahed, first the right a nd then th~:~ l oft. Ylhilo thJ flnrea ho.u reat.iJ:ed .a~t1onary under the objec t the licht h'-iu ror ... e d a haze around the phetnome a, maki.nt; it dif't ioult to see it ol~urly. i'/hen th~ flares were ex- tinguished a aphttre c.lro;>ped trom the objoct and :'ett~d diroctly undornett.th it. Thi1 aphere was a brilliant Ylhite anu about one-t1fth the size or the setting aun . The objeot and sphere then appoared to riae and both diaappeared into the olouda. I can oall nothing turthor oonoerninr, thia ino1dent. (C-') ~nta Notea the follow~g aketoheaa SoooDd View fhircl View Boye atatod thMt he waa mia'iuoted by the Oh1o State Journal of 1 Auguat 1949, in that he did not aay he hud aeon a spaoe Sh1p." (~oe par 1.) ppoo.rod to the under- air,md to be oxtrecnely h11ppy that he waa being queat .oned by a Government employee regarding hie allet;ed diiOO'Yer;y of u dentified objeota. UNCU\SSf FJ EL lJe &tJpo&rl to be highly UNCLASSIFIED i'o.no o.nd o.ddrt)SS of obsorve>r: Occu pa t ion and hobbi o s a Commonts of Interrogator r e l ative te intolligoncu and characte r of obsor vor(s)a 1tinat1ve and while anawerinr; questions. answered in employee could heo.r.his an.wers. a pparently was oooaaion. ~t is the o pinion of the undorsie ne d t ha !R!RA~I~!!r.!RR\thout a~ heaitation or thou~ht. suoh a tore th~ t ot hor mo.kif'l.g the mo&t or the a nswers were t oo glib, On 1 Au:uat 1949, was interviewed oonoern4 .. ~ aubatanoea rnflchinist, d object ho saw in the aky, Co l umbus, anl atatod At approximately 1915 houra, 31 July 1949 , Ohio, called to ue ami a a ked if I could uoe 11 atr~rlt:;v object i n t~ s ky. I looked to where he was polnti ne;, due wost, and I aaw t?to obj~cta or lichta. l cannot judge disto.r.ce in the he~vena, but the objects v:ero very hir)l. They t~ere round, &lla tt.pproxicatoly tho aize ot tloodlit;hta and guve out tl brilliant light ainiltlr to whito hot or molten metal. The aq waa (;!n&rally clear, but theru wore aome olouda in the west. The objects or li1~hta T.'Ore trnvelillg slowly in o. southernly dirootion. I heard no sound and did not soe any exhaust trail or evidenco of l oco- motion. I hava no turther oonoernin; this phenomena. Apnta flotea Informant vo his infornatio~ in a aincore strait;htforward nner with no 11pparent exag&~ration. Ue atotod that informant who was unlmown to him previously, had calle d at his home at 2200 hours to h.ve c orroborat3 , tor a police report, hi disc of the ob eta oarlior in tho eYenir~e. While waitin~ tor tho pol o to arrive , told thnt he hau atudiod acior.ce and aatror:oUJY as a hobby, was interestod 1n all O\,;rrent oventa, &l'ld had r~lld many aoientit1o fictional and non-fictional booka. further atatod to the underai~ed that appeared ali~htly tr;inative and aoted peculiarly. had ir.tormed "nat he had llO aleep Saturday nir,ht because o1' worry over his wi1'e and mw- born bab7 . UNCLASSIFIED