PROJECT 10073 RECORD CAR~ CONCLUSIONS Wo s Balloon \vestlake, 0 Proba b l y B a l loon OATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly B alloon ::0 Ground Visual 0 Ground- R odor Wos Ai1 croft 0 Probably Ai rc:roft GMT 0 Air-Vi wol 0 Air-Intercept Rodor 0 P o ssi bl y Ai rc:roh as Astronomic a l 0 Probabl y Astronomical 0 Poss ibly Astronomicol L:.IIDEliTIFI~ LENGTH OF OBSERVATION a. NUMBER OF OSJECT S COURSE 0 O t her 0 Insuffi c ient Data for Evaluation ?.0 Seccnds 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING of a r c , e1liptica: UNIDE1ITI FIED :lear a~pearance hov er ed sundd8!1ly to rema:.. ned in posl.t.l.on and di3ap-oeared 'cy fading. .:!:stima ted eli s t.:J.nce 6 mi, r:iroppAd ATlC FORM 329 (RP.V 26 SF.P 52) HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES WASHINGTON i.JliiJS~iTIFIED FLYING OBJECT Sighted at .!est,lake, Ohio SPECIAL INQUffiY Comrnanier Air Technical Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson Air Force Base A Tl'N: ATIA.U.. - 2C The following, received from the Cleveland OffiGe . is forwarded for y our information: Detac ent of i s On 5 Augus t 1954, !von Lak Ohio hletal Equipnent Go., , Cleveland, Oh::..o) t elephon::..cally advised Special Agent ~lP.Y J . FIS!-LSR that he had sig..~ted an object in the sky on 2 August 1954. On 5 August 1954; Special FISHER interviewed Mr . at his residence. advised that he sighted an object in the sky at 1717 hour s , 2 August 1954, 1ri1~Ch a~peared t o thwest of Lorain, Ohio. ~t the point of sight, advised that he was a t the in- t:;rsec -:.i on of State Route 25h an::i :Uover Center Roa d , ".'fest- lake, Ohio. The object appeared to b e the size of approxi- matel:- fifty (50) seconds o f an arc in diameter or abrut the size of a shirt button . stated that the shape of the ob~ ect vms somewhat elliptical and appeared to be v ery b right, like hi@lly polished :netal. There was no E!'Tidence of chromati.c dispersions and the object s very clear in appearance, '\ti. th no distortion . stated that the object was at an altitude of apprcoci!Tlately 5 ,000 feet arrl s ee me d to be hovering . He stated that he saw the object in this position for five (5) to eight (8) seconds, vmen it suddenly dropped vertically and came to an abrupt halt at approximately 2 ,000 feet. a dvised t::a t the desGent took approxiro.atel y three secon:ls . The object remained in its nevf position for ten (10) seconds and t hen disapp8::trec1. sed that the object f~ded 01.lt _ o f sit;ht and likened its disa:)pearance t o a TV set betn; turned off. UNCLASSiFI Augv.st 1::54 Ul!IDEHTI !:!To:D FLYTI:G OBJECT related that the object, when sl~hted, ap- peared to be six (6) miles fran his position, and stated that whEn the object dropped, it appeared to be a free fall rather than an accelerated drop . When the object dropped, it appeared to c~nge as though it had its thin side t oward stated that the object had no notice- able surface characte ristics, and that its descent to 2 ,000 feet was a ni te action and not a noa ting o r ..,.lObbling motion. likened the speed of the object to t hat of a ME 109 fighter plane approaching head-on to a B-17 in flight, magn;fied three (3) times, or appr oximatel y 1 , 000 to l , 2 QP miles per hour. dvised that the day :ras relatively clear: with n o cloud formations i n the northerly direction out 77itn sorre cloud formations to the south and scu theast. '.:':1e object s ocation f rom s point of vision was at a heading of 260 degrees Mr. stated that he has never si.::hted any ob- ject in the sky that he could not satisfy himself w.i..tb. its identity. He stated that he is an a"'l3teur astr onomer and is a member of the Cleveland Astronomj cal Society. He advised that he believes he has knowledge of what heavenly phenomena ar e and that this, in his opinion, was not con- nected with any heavenly phenomena. advised that he was a member of the Air Force f rom iov 1942 to November 1944; that he flew as a gunner on a B-17 aircraft for eighteen (18) monw.B, completing nine- en (19) missions over Germany; that he had neve r been in- jured as a crew meni:>er and has neve r experienced fatigue i n any way; and that he has had at least four (4) or five (5) courses in aircraf t identification. No further mvestigative action is c ontemplated by this District. in instant matter, unless specifically requested by you:r connnand. ROBERTS P. JW:fSON, ..a. Colonel, uS.!L.'t;' cc: Dir OSI O ::Jistrict C1v11nander