' PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Lo~ol . 1830 . .JSf I Ground Vi suol :l Ground-~odor 0 23 October l952 CONCLUSION~ Was 8olloon P robobl y Boll o o n Poui hly 8ollo''" Wu Aircraft P robot~ I y A~tc:rof 1 Pone hi y Ai rcrJft . ca ""stror c"" co: ~ Ye, : Civilian & Military I 0 P,robobly A<Jtronr,nuco l 0 Nto I C Pouebly Astrono..,ecol 7. LENCTH OF 08S ATION j I. NU~8EP! CF OBJECTS ' ~. COURSE : !. Other . _ _ . _ _ . 6 i I 0 lnsufftce~tnt Doto t Q Evolvohon 15 minutes I S 1 o Unlcnowr~ 1~. 8~lt: SUW.4RY OF SICiHTIHO 111. Six yellov orange obJects were obaerved I r:ying due south. No sound. Objocts seemed I to be tr~1ling tire and tlev tram horizon to I horizon vhen t1rst obaerved, objects appeared! t.:~ be standing atlU, t.bea st.arted moving. Obs~rved by three persona. I 2 civilians, 1 military. All ot vhom vera riding in 3 car. When they observed the objects. they stopped the ear, got out o.nd one ob3ervcr took o. aeries of tivo color slides. I. IP you taw the o~lect et NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notlee concerning the STARS and MOON? 1.1 STARS (C lrcle Oneil 8.2 MOON CC lrcle One}: Bright moonlight 1. Dull moonlight c No moonlight -pitch clark Don't remoml:ter remember 9, Was the cbject brighter than the background of the slcy? (Circle One): c. Don't rememw 10. IF It waa 8~ IGHTER THAN the slcy boclcpouncl, woa the brlghtnets lllce that of an outomol,lle headlight?: .(Circle Onel@ A mile or more away (a distant car)? b. S.verallloclce away? c. A bloclc away? cl. Severo I yarcle away? 11. Did the object: (C lrcle One lor eaclt question) a. Appear to etancl still at any time? rlfey No Don't Know b. Suddenly tpHd up and rush away at any time? c. Brealc up Into porta or explode? (!jJ) No Don't Know Yea -(Bi) Don't Know d. Give off smolce? e. Change brightness? f. Change shape? Don't Know Yes No (Don't~ft) Yes "-u-~-Don't Know g. Fliclcet, thrH, or pulaate? Yes ... Don't Know 12. Did the object move behind something at anytime, particularly a cloud? ( C lrcle One): Yes @ Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what 13. 0 id t he cb ject move in front of someth i"l at anytime, particularly a cloud? (Cir-:!e O~h Yea ~) Don't Knnw. IF you answered YES, than tell what 14. Old the ob : ~!)peer: (C lrcle One): a. Solid? b. Transparent? R. Don't Know. 17, Drew , .. ,_. thetwlb lh "-ef the -'tiMt '-th Le .. lnlnclu4eln ywr eltetch eny de .. lle el the eltfMt "-rw wl1111, a.e, eM., ae,..lelly e.t.uet trelle., ,., trelle. Piece 18. The "'" ef the eltlect werea (Circle O e)IID Puaay ltlurre4 ~ LllceellrlthtaiW 19. IF thert wet MORE THAN ONI! elttect, theft Mw were there? ' Drew o plctur. ef hew th.r waN .,.,.,.., atttl put arrtw te ah .. the direct tnot they wlft traveling 20. Draw a plctur th'Jt wlll ahow the motion thot the ol.ject or ofafecta mode. Place an A at the Mglnnlnt of the poth, a s at the end of the poth, and show any chang In dire ction during the cour1e, 21. IF POSSIBLE, try to guesa or estimate what the real alze of the ol.i~c:t was in its longest dimension. 22. How lcrge did the obiect 01 o~i~cts ap~ar as compared with one of tfte following objects heiJ In tiJe honJ and ct about arm's length? ( C ircle o,~J: Head of a pin g. Silver dollor h. Baseball Grapefruit Basketball Qoorter k. Half dollar 22.1 (Circle One of the following to indicate how certain you ore of your answer to Question 22. ~Certain c. Not very sure 23. How d id the object or objects disappear from view? 24. In ord' thot you con give os cleor o p ictu re os possible of what you sow, w woulcllllce for you to lmoglne that you could canstuc t th e o b ect thot you saw. Of whot type material woulct you molce It? How Iorge woulct It be, and what shape wou ld it hQ"' ' Describe In your awn weds o common object or ohjcts which when placed up In the alcy would gi ve the some opp::re ,.c:e o s ''"' object which you sow 25. .._..were ,ou locate4 .ften ,ou sow the oltlect? (Circle One): lnalcle 1 ltvllcllnt ~ In a car '1': Outcfoora cl, In an airplane 26. Were you (Circle One) a. In the ltuslness section of a city? lt. In the reslclentlal section of a city? ~ In op1n countryalcle? d. Flylne near an alrflelcl? e. Flying ..,., a city? f. Flying ..,., open country? 27. What wtre you tlolnw at the time you ICIW the olttect, ancl how cllcl you happ1n to notice It? 28. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, thn complete the followln1 questions: 28.1 What direction were you movlnw? (Circle One) c. East South Ia. Northeast cl. Southeast f. Southwest How fast were you moving? 28.3 Dtd you atop at ony time while rou were looking ot the obiect? (Circle One) / No 29. What direction were you lookl~t~ when you first sow the oltiect? (Circle One} (. Northeast f. Southweat h. Northwest cl. Southeast Whot clir.ction were you looking when you lost sow the obJect? (Circle Orte} f. Southwest h. Northweat d. Southeast 31. If you ore f::lmi:iar with bearing terms {angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the obiect was from tr;e tl~rh c:"'d also the num~er of degr"s It wos upward from the horizon (elevation). 31.1 Whe:'l it first appeared: o. From true North-----clegr"s. b. From horizon degrees. 31.2 When it disappeared: From true North-----degr"s. b. fr:>m horizon degreea. In the followl,. al&etch. lglne thot you are at the point shown. Place an A" on the curved line to thow how htgh the oltleet wot alalft the horlaon (sl&ylfne) when you lltJf aow lt. Place o a on the om curved line to ahow how high the oltlect wat olaove the horl1on (slcyllne) when you lost taw It, 33. In the following larger slcetch place an A" at the position the obiect was when you lirsf saw It, and a "B" at Its position when you laf saw lt. Refer to smaller slcetch as an example of how to complete the larger sketch M-1 CLCUI tCINie O.J M.2 WIND (Circle O,..J 34,3 W!ATHI!R (Circle 0...1 U.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle 01 c. heavyrelft 36. Wet lttrtnl elM with ''" et the tiN ,.u aew the Miect? (CircleO) (!!l) Ne 36.1 IP yw YI!S, 4W they '" the Mlect tM? (CircleO...J @ Ne , 37, Vlu thla the flrat ,._that ''" .... '"" eltiect .. lcta like thla? (Circle o,.J r-&!V Ne 37.1 If yM lfttwue4 NO, wh" whr, elll Vft what clrcu.atancea dhl you other 0t111? 39. Do yow thlnfc you can eatllftate the apHfl of the'oblect? (Circle One} Yes IF you answered YES, then what PHd would you esthnote? o. Do you tt-:i., ycu eon eatlmate how fot away from you the olfect wos? ( C re/e One} IF you answerecl YES, then how far away would you say It waa? 1. Pleoae ;lve the followl,. lOft olout youraelf: TELEPHONE NUMBER-------- Please Indicate any apeclal educational training that yov have had. ,:j.} Grode school --------- Technical achool ----------- {J High school --------- f. Othw apeclal training ~;;.a:c:;=:~'s..L-:L..Jc:. d. Pos' ;raduate --------- 41. Dote you eompleted this qu.stlonnoire: U. I. All POICI TICMMICAL IMPOIMATIOM SHIIT fiUMMMY DATA) In orcler tt.t yeur t. fll .. _. calleillaa accur.tely as po11lltle, pi"''"'' the fol lowlne 1p11i ta write avt shart cri"IM ef the went that yau oltterved. You .. , , .. peat i IM JIY t.ta alrer fvn In the ~tlannalre, an4 a4d any fwthet COfftlftlnts, atate~ttenta, ellatch.1 that yov h.lf.., Try to preaent the cletalla of the Hair .. tlon In the anlw _111 which the1 CH:rurred. Addltlan1l ,. .. , af the alze .. , be attoched If they nd (Do Not Write lri Tltla Spoce) SIGNATURra,-.,. I *' t' I If OFFir.J A l. Jo'll4t; COl'Y .., nE NICOR~NCK Bard OiiiN of ReeeYI A.Tl.A35/Capt c.A. in -.to oua-~ tt. couclulona.,.... attajnad: ~'rca f12S)'t path, f'o&-.t1cma m:M1 .aDeuvwra, it 13 't:. tb siX ob~ c~ . vapoJr or cooa.n.uoa tz.atJa hip fl71Ds a'' aa:tt. u~, INCh '-a~ trail a are t4 1~ ADI loa.,. a toe U;r w1 th wbScb -,au OZ'e , ~ .. vapu-tzatl v1l1 in a relat1w17 t=Uiot r4 t1::1e f'onat1m. ~ ltmg-.Jl at thi tY.Pt or ~ 1a t.:. 3lt1tuae ~ a1Z'c:raft tbe :;aewilil\8 ' t---+-----lttil. .... ..., a.-t that alUtuae. ~ a colar al.1a. aa incla.we to tbta houewr, 1% at ~ va 1.a1:a ~ at aua. -ra r 1Jlftlne1a m 0\8' r~eM.,. brieJl- tM aae 1D t.M .tal ) Tb.1a cue RETI!NTION PERtOO ROUTDIO AND COORDIJIATIOM SH&&T FILE A'J THORITY Augwst .n, J.95S llaey L Storm lst Lt. USAF Air Intelligence Center Wright-Pat teraon Air Force Baae Dear .Lieutenant Storm, In rep.&.y to )"our letter of July 29th .1.955 wherein you gave us a brief outline or the evalua tion or the s.Lidos that we bad sent you. l.!y son was just hor.e recently and we a gain discussed this matter a ho insists that the obje~ts appeared to stand still at times, which still leaves some doubt in my mind as to whether the objects were the conventi.onal typa air craft. Enclosed you will find the one slide that )~u requested for your Sincerely yours, CASE SUl.v.IARY On 23 October 52, six yellow-orange objects were observed flying due So~th by 3 observers ( tvo civilians o.nd one airman). The observers were r!dina in an automobile, heo.dins West on US Route /12.0, and vere appro:cimately 10 miles West of Toledo, Ohio when they sighted the obJecto. They stopped the ear, got out and loolted more closelyot the objects, which appeared to be standing still. The objects then started to m~vc, flying due South (directly over the heads of the observers) from horizon to horizon. Time or observ3.tion was 1830 bourc ES'I' or 2330 Zebra time. Accordi ng to the reporting observer, vho took a series ot five color slides of the objects, there vas n o sound, the edges of t he obJects appeared "fuzzy," and when moving they seerr.ed to be trailing fire. When tirst observed and after they appeared to be rnov.tng, the objects were in one large "V" formation, but later changed into two "V" f ortr..ations of three objects each. TOTAL TIME OF THE OBSERVATION WAS ESTIHATED AT 15 MilruTES. (Note: The observer who took the pictures s departing on his honeymoon with his bride and a service buddy. The se:-.,.ice man, an airman, returning to his base after a leave. In lie~ ~f h i s honeymoon trip, the observer had taken a c~era vith him l.b.ic~ -a~ l oaded with a roll or 351tr.t Ansco color film.) PJ~:ININARY EVALUATION BY ATIAE-5 1955, o.l l 5 slides vere revjewed by Col Johnc t on, Co.pt Ho.rdi:1, ::a, A..'ldrews, W/0 \lest, Ca.pt Gilroy and S~t Drepperd. It vas o.p;ree.:.ec :.'l t the obJects i n ques t i on c l o:>ely resembled cond~n~ed or h'1r t ;~ ... ,:.:-t r a i l s from high f lying jet aircraf l. which occurs infrequent l y under certa~ atmospheric c ondit ions. CASE UISTORX 23 October 1952 -Toledo, Ohio -July 195S I. PE:r.:~!~:IT .BACl<nHOUliD INFOIU&ATION :"::: .. ,y in receipt ot report -On 8 July 1955 Capt Jon T. l~tsuo, 3-B, 4620d AISS,viaited ATIAE-5 and presented the undersigned ainaan vi th o. :.etter and one 35 t:m color olide. The letter, dnted 2 ~cember 1951 was tram owner Gnadenhutten, Ohio and addressed to T/Sgt Hawold Jenkins, Flt 3-B, 462od AISS. Sgt Jen'kin3 htl.d been introduced to in Col umbus Ohio and Hr infor~d the Sgt that his son had taken :mme pictures of UFO s while on his h oneymoon in October 1952. An azreen~nt vas reache d whereby Mr. would f orward one of his son's slides to Sgt. ,Jenkins for official examination . This vn.s ~ccomplished by the above mentioned letter. Sgt. Jenkins, after receMng the letter, failed tl'> act _upon it. A fev months later, Sgt Jenkins vas assicned o/s a..'ld his files were turned over t o his replacement who ga ve the letter to Capt. llatsuo. B. Follow-up Action Ini t-ta.ted by ATIA!!:-5 Up on receipt or ti-..e letter and the s lide, the undersigned airmnn on ll July 55 Bnd rer1uested him to f orva.rd the additional slic~s io~d in his ~e ~ter of 2 December 1954. He infor~d the reporting a::.r:?~..a.."i -;!:...::.-:. .:::s son, vho :1s:! nee enliste d in the M', was presently hoTne on 55, s~C. t~1at ve could obtain any addttinn'1.l details of the incide :r7~ him. C.: !..l July 1955, the reporting a.irman sent, v :t a Spec tal Deliv-ery, a US.~ Tec:-.. -:.:'7 Information Sheet (for complet1o!'l b y source), a tong ..tlth a request f or the additional color slideo. The questionnaire and four color olidea we~e received by ATIAE-5 on 18 July 1955 A. W. D.."iF~P.l'ERD T/Sgt, USAF ONADINMUTTIN, OHIO Dear Set. Drepprd Enclosed 70U wUl find questionnaire and tour pictures requested in your letter ot Jul7 J.lth. also a section ot map showing location pictures were telaln. If rq eon cen be ot further help to you in this matter p.1.eaae contact him at SenptOn AFB where he w1ll be stationed after todq. BIG CAR QUALITY AT LOW(ST COST Main Street . ONADINNUTTIN, OHJO '. :: C -c. Ihrold Jen~(;_ "15 l/t"J ~ ;:tcnr ln t.;har~G at..cu ~ i:1 Cnlll.!:bt~s, of :):.>~ect,~