L '-r.lley AFB, V u-ginia iO. CO:'\CLUSICN L~SUFFICIEI DATA 11. :.;::= SU:.'.'.4ARY AND ANALYSIS p bl!.city pu:-posi3s an o~joc't "-'~s pic:<ed up in the l~:.;r:::. bc..:..z'. T~o c~jcc't appJ~cd to ch go cole~ in th~ light f~o~ a sort o! osphorescc~t to a bluish color. p,.- edl~on ol t.h.lt torr:a IDAF ~ \l .. d. MILITARY SCIENC E AND TACTICS UNIVERSITY Or CINCINNATI CINCINIUTI 11. OHIO SUBJECT: Report of unidt:mtified Airborne object: Coocandin~ General Ninth Air Force Langley Air Force B"lse, Va. 1. On Friday night, 19 August 1949, Sgt. Donald R . Berger, HA 6718406, a mPmber of this organiz~tion was operating a standard Arwy General Slectric antiaircrafc searchlight on a volunt~cr basis for a local c roup who were using the light for p~blicicy purposeo. Ret~ccn the h ours or 2000 and 2)00 he picked up an object in the light beam in tha sky whic h presented an unusual appearance and was not readily identifiable. 2 . This subject appeared to change color in the light beam fran a sort of phosphore3cent appearance to a bluish color if held in the light and when the bea::t was re::toved the object remain9d visible 1i th 1ih::.J. t:. h'ls been desc::-ibed 8.3 a lurdnoU3 aon13ara:1ce 3 . '!he object was :h-:-th but slia,htlzr Bast of Cincinnati at an slo7ation of 1585 ls 0r :L:JProxi.:rnately Ci::-ec~ly overhead . Judgine 1'ror.t the atmospheric condit:J.ons and the r'Ulge of the libht, the object car~d t o be ~t ~ altitude o! 4 to 5 ~les and at about the same r:m~q. !t. d:.d ::=-~ s~enl to :!ove bu-t r~::t..:. -:.ec ;;.s f a r as c~,, d be detcn- -'~ed 1pprox:imatal7 :1tat.icnary for the e:-1~::.~ p~:-iod of the three a..nd o:1~-hal!" hours Sgt. er r obsgrved it. 4. This phenomenon, 1t"hatavar it W33, wa.3 seen b-J se7eral hwtdred paop1e 1:1 t 3 , a number of whom cal:ac it to the attention of Sgt. rl~rge!' 'll! le he ~as operati:tg the se~-ehlight. A notic~ of thi!l incj dent althou~, ~ot released by milita.~ personr.el app~ared in at least one daily newsp~p~r of thjs city. r. "D DIXON Lt. Col. CAC Acting P.hl. S.&T. Brieta B/Ltr trom Dept ot M. S. & T ., Univ ot Cincinnati, subject, "Report ot unidentif'ied Airborne object," dated 22 August 1949 let lDd BP HEADQUARTERS NTh'TH AIR FORCE, Iangle1 Air Force Be.se, Virgin'Ja 1 2 SEP 194i t'Oa C()IIIID81'Yling General, Air Materiel CouQI!and, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dqton, Ohio, ATTN: U::IAXQ-3 PCB fBI Ca.BWlDING GENERAL: JOHN l . BROOKS CAPTAIN. USAF ASS~ACJ.GENtRAL