PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD I 3. DATETIMI GROU~ GMT not r~ported 7. LENGTH OP OMIRVATIOM 2. LOCATION Oberlin, Ohio TYP! Ofl OIS!RVATION D Ground-Viauel I. NUMIIR or OBJECTS ~ cinute s one 10. BRI&P 5UttMAaY OP IIGHTIMO Object observed in 1951 reported in letter in 1964. Obj ol>serve d to hang in a i r for about ~ tninutes a nd then f l y e.wa.y picl~ing up spe ed. Alt esti mated at 30 ft and appear ed to be about 1,000 ft from the witness. Silver ~olor. Shot off es a vhlte streak. ATJC roaM JH caav u aaP It) 0 Grouft4Rod 0 Alrlntere..-t R40t not repor t ed 1 1. COMMENTS CONCLU$10HS 0 Was Balloon Prol,o\.ly Balloon 0 PouiWy Balloon 0 Waa Aircraft 0 Prol,a\,ly Aircraft 0 Po ui \,1 y Aircraft 0 Woa Aatronoml col ProbaWy Aahonomfcol 0 Ponlbly Aatronomicol ,Q Othofi.Jpre*d~'81 e -~:r .;n't U lnaufncient ata for valuGtion 0 Unlcnown Unrelib J c report. Too old to cvalu~te or investig:>.t e . uro Lfii~'LSTic,,~r;vN 0e;.~7f.f<... lt.J i/ It r 7l/l rs oat .I De fl~ {/dv i-f) f/Rtle PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD , l~ DATETIMI G~ GM T not r~ported 7. LENGTH 0' OIIIRVATIOM 2. LOCATIOM Ob erlin, Ohio TYP! Ofl OISERVATIOM D Ground-Viauel D Air-Vi suol .. SOUitC! I. NUMBIR or OBJ!CTS _2 t:linutes one 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OP IIGHTIMO Object observed i n 1951 reported in letter in 1964. Obj ol>served to h ung in air for about ~ J:tinutes an<l then f l y e:way picl~ing u p speed. Alt estimated at 30 ft and appeared to be about 1,000 ft fro~ the witness. Sil ver ~olor. Shot off es a vhltc streak. ATIC POaM S2t (aa Jf ... 12) 0 Greun4Roder t. COUJtS! no t reported 1 1. COMMENTS CONCLUSIONS 0 Wu Balloon Proito\aly Ralloon D PouiWy Balloon D Was Aircraft 0 ProitoWy Aircraft 0 Po ui bl y Air croft D Was Astronomical 0 ProbaWy Aatronomlcol 0 Po ul bl y Astronomical t1 lnsuffic:iontbota for Evolucation 0 Unlcnown Unreli~bJ c report. Too old to evaluate or investig:lte . . . f\l?>o(.;'-T A SlCli\\N~ Of t5 JU LE.r-C'/3 .Jf.c T A BocLT ~]() 9cJc> F T FA'oM .IT /)f'JO C/35Lf~'btJ lv il ItT 17/1 'i?ttSS//; ? oat. .~De A~ 'I'hls itd in 1~aponatt to your r~cdnt lnqul!'Y Coi. e.n e vtl. luat Lon o:: 3ll un1c.lentit1~d objaac si~htin~ ~lou Th~ J\1~ l~'ored in unabla to rralie D.ny evaluai; i o n of yon ... co~arvatton alti'lo u.sh J0ur Ja.1c~lptton contai:1~ c~ .. .;ant t--'1 data and H:t~ quite cl~at-- ld explicit. Attached is the l~tasc ~1r Forca F~ct ~he~t on th9 Ae:rtal 1?\1.-::notn~na rro3ra:n. In it 1~1 o.n ~::r:planatlon or uhy 1t 1u OOI:"et1:nes im!)ocsslbl~J to r-~ach a c onclusion on a c1t~ht1r~ cv~n thou:;h ~uri"lcl.:-:n~ d~tl.il~ ~.ra ~.;lv~n .. and the ca3e r.?mains liated in th "t::1identi_fl~u" c:' It 13 !",Jgt-etted that He are unabla '~o '-;ive y:>u _ derinlce an3w~r o~ your query. It 1~7 be of interest that in over 8,000 ai~ht1n~s during tha paat 15 Y!3ra~ th~re has n~ver b~en any evidence or indlcatlon that Unidentified Flying ObJacts I'::!pres~nt cit her o. thre~t to the Recu.c-ity of' th~ t:nlted St;a-;as or a n ~xtra:;ar tr1al vehicle u~e~ 1n~elli3ent control. 1 Attachment Ob~rl1n., Ohio S inc~ toe ly., r~t\STON H . J ~,.c:cs I i:tj or, U::i.\J.? rubl tu Iofor:tation Diviaion Qt.r.'ir!~ Of Inf0~3i.;ion HEAOQUAUTt.:HS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR FORCE SYSTE:~S COMMAtH1 UNITt.:O STATCS Atn ronct: "AIGHTPAT, t::ft50 N AIR I"O k C E UA"' , c, 110 I ,C.,p.l l l\ s uoJrcr; UFO Slshting ( Dr Hq USAF 3AFOI-PD (l1rs Galser) wash 25 n c 1. The follovring letter from nr vrritten to I.t Colonel Frlencl is forwarded to y.)ur office for reply. 2. The observation by Dr ma<l c in 1951. lnfornation prc!a, ted in a n arrative form conto.lns nll essential dutu. liO\J.;!Ve'l, do to the flee> of the sJ ghtlnc no ?ddi tionn.l infortr1:xtion would b e helpful in evaluating the case. 'lhcrcforc, no fo1m 164 is necesso ry. No explanation is attempted to explnin Dr slghtlng. FOR THE CO~il-WIDER DeT.>uty for Technology and Subsystems