PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Wos Botloon TYPE OF O!IS!RVATION P robttbly Oolt oon Possibly Balloon 3. OATETIM! CROU~ 0 Wo Aheroh Probubly Alreroh 0 Ponlltly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS i. SOURCt O: Grouncl-Vlsuol D GroundRodctf D Wos Astronomlcol 0 Yea D Prob obly A:.tronomlc,l d.No Civili,ll D Poulbly A$tronomleol 0 lnsufflcl~nt OC!fo for Evoluotion 0 Untcnown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTINO nrollp cf H0l r d ;.hi.nin3 obj-..Gt~) n.t, Lt .1-:nrl<>HG a):L:i tild c~;. Ohr.;~ rvc.x1 f :i r:..; L fr~.in t spi)c l= , :l.n nnr!.h :lpJ>e:arcct t.o 'bL' ~; t a :..i.ono.r.J, t h c'n r1ovod OVt'rhr:a'l. T"1;o p:n l.icl u:::; aprv:'l'd'l fro:!\ s L ..e oZ urlH~rt:. Oh j r>ct cxpJotl.:d., n o f)1:.;h. OtJ :c r !l!)t:cks ~P!1Cil.l"t.:d in the R r<.:<L nn:,; J :1.t. ln"::;t 10~ '.rur c i n [:r oup. Object. t.l'en tr,,l(~ Lo \!n:-r' '\'Th()rv i t dis1..p!v~r!r1cl '>,.h.ir.d a cloucl ~,mk. Ob~c: L"'.,'~Jd Lb "''ll{!.h t0.J c~cocopc.. Tot J. dtna Lton 4TIC J'ORM 31" (RP.V 16 SP.P 52) 11. COMMENTS Seer1by Farmer w~th T lesco e . cdicot:.tthout the stran,;j si;~ht. lie : has received It N'(>Iy a:<kin~ fOL'l fu ll inf~l'mati()rt on th~ stol'y. Not long ago, 'l'l'tle r~m a num- ber of :trticles on thl! Sl'-l'<t11'2'1 "flying sau cer-s," r ~ p 0 r t ... ell y si.,;hted a ll over lhl' U. S. and ju . OlhPT parts Of the \ \oOrld 'JnPl'e r~aJiy r~n't much m0 1 ~ l ( l ~ tell a bout Carl Loar's ~l.ory . 'I'h,re ml:~ht luwt~ lwrn H H n tt .t ron11mr hall ht:t-ll i n I h,. th- :sf>rv:ttory "lwn th f.t r m ,.,. ma.c1& h i!'l telt>plwn.,' c1111. One thing 1~ Ct'rlJin. J.o~r will n~>v(r for~f't what hr saw. Snt th~ type of m=\n to he p1on~ h~ fli.;h t.., ~ h me.ina ti ou, h~ cnu'L ; help wincinf: Whf'n his n.:-ighbrlr'i ~ laugh at trc whole iciP1l. He ca n only s~y "! : :Hv it . I'm c erta in, p!J~itivl! I MW the whole thin!!.'' . ' a.~-RL LOAR. \VITH nis TELEscoi>.it"' ~-~ H y .\ U L HAPP !'ight which he is surP. was not A group of weir tl. :;hiniT)g oh-crcaleil hy '\ weatho>r b alll)on, or- jcctl which appe~tred at a tremen-lh('ltlox airship , o r n ot mal , el-sli~l <lu~l4! altitude abovl! the earth was object. n ' J;ort'Xl by a Centre~.l Ohio farmer Wh.tt l .(Mr saw at lirst wa~ a 'I'hurwtay. faint, ~linting speck hill~ i n t.I:P 1 Ct~ 1'1 Lollr, of Itt. 2, S unbury , hettvtons. !{;, I 11sht!<l Jnfo h 1s I ltllU thi'i stran~e S I Ot'Y about hi~ !lOllS~ 10 ~et 3 j vwuruJ t clc:-rqpt', , t~h . en ation, which he ~wPais L then returnt'd oulsirl~ for a (']o ,r l rue: ., lonk. o\t about 1:30 11. m. on Dec. 7, , fhr was :;tanding ll('al' the hun tJrhind his h{lme wht'n ho h"arrl a j t "lirplane whia l)y O'vc::rhP~trl. , .:5c:tnniJ"'IIt the .~:<y aftt>r Jooking lilt the ~ircnft, Lo~r . .;:..w a nother 'l' h,.rP., 11, lh~ n orth, ho; rrull Ithlul.v ~co ... ,hinl'lJ.C, ~iht>'Y :.nh .. r ... It. Jlrst. :tJ'lP'" rrf'tl l l , ,., I ~t.tlmlllir,y, h nt. 1 h e n l :;11t I lllo\ing t o :~ 11int 1\ 'Pr Loar'' U lte:tl. I "I WIJUhl ::ay it wa. of tnormous, s it.e and travelin~ <lt a !ant11s t ic ralP. o f l'fJI:Pd," faid thP farmt.>r. Lo .. r pllUs,..J i n h i ou erv:ttion long t'nou~h to m1~e 'l quick I phonP C' tll to I'<>ri<Jn-; Oh~o:t>rvICor.V l in 0'\t the timo>. I . I told t hi s stran~c stnry '.hnlt ru:- ho~tSC fo get a powerful tclcs~opc, : l"b:;crYaUon , which he s\ca: s !~ U:c:1 r c.ur::ed oul<;!c:!: for ;>. closcq It rue: I iook. 1 At ;tbout 1 :30 p. m . 0:1 D ec. 7,1 T!u::re, t o 1hc n ortlt, 110 r onltl : Loar was standin~ m,r the t)..irn p hlT!ly St'O> :), l)~Jinln~. cil\'c r y I I he hind h!s home whe n h e h!::m'l & cn'Art" I L r, -,r.! ........ :--p c .. rcd to '"" l jet airplane whiz7. ty oerh~1d. l..... u ~- Scannin: t he sl\y n ftcr loo1dr.~ s latbn:.;.:y, l ut t :un b Pt':! n 1a t. the a ircr11 ft. Lear s-: y; :u:;>th~r m o\ins-lo :1. p oint over t, ... :-r 's ' "I wou'd st~y i t \'-as of enormous! ~izc .1nd traveling at a rantastk l rate or :-peed," ~aid ~lC Ianr..cr. Lo:1r p1.u::cd in h !s ob~crva!.ion long enough t o r.tal~c a q uick phone c.11l t o P crk:jn s ObserYatcry j at D"l<:.ware. A.s h.;ck vould haxe it, ncr.c of t he a s:rcnomcrs were I in at th~ time. "'hl'e Loa r ltcpt. l1is 's::o 10 tr:tincd on the ::!<y, r.ven m or n a.n:az.!n~ thin~;s ha pprn cd. he ~:ltd. ~'\'0 tiny p~rtir!ro; or l is;ht ;tpr:~a.rcd . .first on on~ side o L'u.} m;~in f1~hc:::-c, tlt"n on t.r.c 'rh<:n L o:-r witnrscr1 " a. J~'n<l of. c~ph!r.!on, 21 t hough 1I~cre \\ :t <; I n o fl:lE>lt." f'ollow!ng ~hl!l. ot!~cr l br~;;ht sperl~ of J::rh t P.pprared !n t!lC arcn. of t he m.\'ctrr~ how p':'odu cr d, Loa r s:1 id, ::.;d t he s phere rapidly m o-.cd :r w:1y '!ore sp~ck;; c f li!;ht kept com - r,to \i.:!w t:n~il. th.:! far:ncr >:?s~ ima7cs. there were a t least 100 in the gr-oup. Du:-b1g L!lc h alf h our thilt he ot~-, serwd til~ p::cno:ncr.nn, thr sphere ' r.:ovcd {:o:n t 1C no< n to a n over- h.c=td p0int, thn tra\cl::d :rto t he -.vest. where i~ w?.:; fin;jily hic!dc:11 :rem view bv a d ouC:bmk. Lnar's '"iff', .Fr;-.r:c:cs, saw ~rr rph:rc hln' !y \' 'it!':out tre c>id o P tlic tclr:~cope, which ~?1c collie net I T:jf"! farmer ~old c. few ::cichbor~l ,ab;::u~ !iis cr.:;cr-,;ati:">n, but (.';:u:c:, j'i:~d r.o listcnr~s wil'> coLd kccp i jc: c:tcv 1 J\frJ:d of b~inr; fu rther-lid:ct:k~. I Loar hesitated in tc!lug n.~w~':'lrl".i :1hoJt the c.::nt. :S:.:t he's posititc EXTRACT FroH S'rATU~ REPORT /1-.-~- LOCATION: St~1>-lry, Ohio I:ENGTH OF TI ltE OBSERV:ED: t!:tl f an hour SOUND: i! OllB sn:m: H-Leh . ALTITUDE: Hlj1 JZADDG : !: to N SOURCE: Civlli~ DESCRIP'110U OF DlCI:DENT: S~in.},