AF FORM 112-PAOT ! (Ct,\ S'iWICi\TION) API'HOVI:IJ I JIINF. I~ 18 P.LK>'l r r.o. AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT :>u OJE<.:T FIIO'I ( . IIJ(I<'!I) LVIII UAT ICI Lt ,J'. :C. I!.ot.~1~t.ein Civlli"'lls On 13 l:Jrch 195~ a rC'IX'rt ,i.=t~ r ncMl7ed flom t:r. II:..u-r:,r r .r :.n'cen of th~ ColtunbU3 C.t t i . ..v ... m n0,.1~pa.per in Colunbl.u, o:uo, t.01ophone /ill 1111, th!.t ~;1 V.Lt.d::!n.~i_!:."i~::l~l "''ot'J ,1 o~Jj-.. ,:L i ::t3 :'l:,~ted no:-tiuo st. of Golur.frms h. .. t-.Te?n 1 815 ~nJ lS!..i c-tl2 ::~c 1 1).52. Colu::Wus, o:d o J(1hnsto~m, Ohio Johnstown, Ohio ColtLilbus, Ohio 'fha object tT~s cl'3scribed ns b oir1e a lone s hiny-o.nd Hillglcss obj~c t, t:-tperin~ ~o::1 :nos~ to t ail with u pinkish r~d n !le fron the rear. It U'3 "t:!n.veli l lt_: f,' i o.nd r!lde a c:::~clo north. Lt, tient to Colunbu3 on 1 Harch 1952 .r.;ie'"' the o b;:)-3!-ter3, At !:o~th J\r::arican, 1-~r. f'o.r pln.ut p rotection, '.:as conta c t 8d prior to seel!lg J:~. st!\ t~d that h o c.lco saJ the object end l'ad in."'1ed:tntely 20cognit~ed i t e.s o. I:orth Anericrlll D-1.5 fror.'l loc:-cbou::-r.e L!.Ti3 fl;,'lr~ o.t m1 al t itucle of a~pro::.r..i.."'n-'3-tely 2i3000 to ;,oooo feet. 'fhe vapor t. .. :~Elil of the :drcraft ua.; strvc~c by the roys of ths s tm tihich l-Ia s setting o.t the t.l.u e , r:::iving off an ora.n.c.:e or rJdc!i:lh color. ! 'r'. volunteered th'=t nallles o f the follouing observ~rs who corrob0rated hio ~t-or-J: r.r:;TI!IIil.o' tON ll'f OiHC.tNATOR liS oort ~f.NT CON rAINS INFOH M UION AFFECTING THE tl ATIONi\l llCFHI'-,F. (IF TilE IJfllllD 5TA I FS WITHIN Till: ~.\1: 1\N IN<.. OF fiiF. l :"PION.\ ! c ''~ T . ~ J ll. '> C.: - ;~ AM. NDFO rrTRA~c;.,.rsc;toN oR rm: RLVfi.ATION o F II'; c.mHF.NlS w M,.Y II.ANr,!'R TO M l llill\ll f ttClHIICO l'f w .n l'-ll:i Pt<Ollt:~tru.> uv II';. r:IA~ ,,(> r'ne: I~I'PROOUCE'D IN WHOLE OR IN PAP.T. OY 0 Ill' '< r HAN Utl u .. D u f\\R FOilCE AG!:I'iCtl 'j, lYCCI'T llY f'fH:t\I::....ION CJF I; W 01 REU l.)t! C ;: rt 0 0 T :t A r.1 I tl I C A U l\ V I ~ T I Capta" n F. H. McGovern Wr~P.ht-Patterson F~eld, Dayton, Oh"o Sub;ject: Aer~:al ph'!nomenon s~phted '):)15 p.m. ~'arch 1 2 , 1952, Columbus, Oh~o. Dear s-.r; Refer~nce your telenhone convecsat~on w~th the unders ned, t(arch 25, 1952, the followtnP. per~:;ons have been contacted: (Rto!s"des Strate~tc Rccon. Squ~dron, Lockbourne A~r Force B~se. Phone 629. ur.tbus, Oh~o. 9lst. Strater..tc R~con. Sqd. ourne A~r Force das~. The above m:1y be contact 1 through the off-t c~ of Lt. Col. Ruff, Adj. , La~kbourne AF Base, Phone FR 75711, Loc kbourne, Oh~o. Tt may knm., that l:_r. , , th.cs pl;mt, r nesse event 4 n ques "'on, an~ ~as o the sarr.l! op" n~ on as that of th~ wr.t t~r, nrur.~ly, that th~ pheno!'l~non lfas the result of v anor tra"ls ~.i~ct,.d from the' exhaust o f a NAA B-lt5 a~ rplane, kno"'!n to be ~ "' the area at the t~me s"Ph n res-'c~s at ~ reached at h~s off~c~ rect T trust that the above may b"'! of sorre b~r.~f~t t o you. s~ncerely Your s Plant Protect~on n~v.,Cols.,Oh~o. T hav~ jus t learned, that any contact w~th to be expod.;ted ~mrr.ed.: at~ly a!= he .,.,.:11 not be ava-il~ble J.:i:1\G'l'H Or' 'rli:E 03Sj!;:i.'hD: tits' no\:.L ALTI TUDS: ! ::i.;-~1 DESClU P':'Iml OF INCI DE::T: