3. DAT!TIME CROUP 7. LENGTH 0 .. OBSERVATION 10, BRU!f' SUMMARY 0, SIOHTIHG Two reports, (SEE CASE FIIE) ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 S.ltP 52) PROJECT 10073 qecORD CARD 1 . LOCATION I..od1, Ohio ... TYP! OF OBSERVATION Xo Ground VIsual 0 GroundRadar 0 AI,.. Vl.uol 0 Alrlntereept Radar I. SOUftCI! tiUMBER 0 .. OBJECTS Searchlight 2. Aircraf't CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon CkxWas Aircraft Probably Aircraft 0 Po ssl bl y AI rerah 0 Was Astronomical 0 Probably Astronomical Paasibly Astronomical XJ Other Se~u.:~hlisb:ta 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation AF FORM 112-PART II AfPnOVEO I J UNE 1948 OPtJ~'-s .Lt:..J G'.o (WSSfFICATIOH) AIR INT=:LUGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Incl .. # 2 . SC-'UBCE's Memory sket ot U F 0 B t .PPROVED I JUNE I ~M8 AIR INTELL!GENCE INFORMATION REPORT JB-uFOB-1-55 n1ght3 -B 4602d AISS St6t~m~nt of Mr~o S-T-A-T-E~E-N-T I uaw tlda object while 3taying at my mothers -Ny two grandmothers were al so th~r'!. I staw thi,\-; ob j~c t which looked like s large grapefruit in the sky - and then it seemed to explode like a lar.ge rocket or firecrackers -th~re were two e~plo1i1on~ -I ne.,~r a u-.. .::.nything like 1 t before and Hope I never do again it wn~ terrifying ----. TROF; copy, S-T-A-T-E-M-E-N-T AF FORM 112-PART II A!'PHOVEL> I JUNE I 'I :8 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Flight 3 -B , 4602d AISS I. SOORCRs (ci~Ui'Ul) add.res:i: ., Cleveland 4, Ohio Presttnt Position: Housewife Education: lli~ School QlJ.!-l.IFIC ATIONS: none II. RELIABlLITYt sou neE a very quiet a n d timid p~rson. She bad recent- ly underfpne " heart operat was not in V("ry good health. &'he is der the influence of her rnothe t. and tnds to believe what her motb.~r believes.. It i s con9H~r.. hat the information c ontained in t his report is mode . u p lnrg~ly ot the j n f111tldt1 10 she heard from her B:>th ... r rather than that of her- self. It ia th- r e f on rh~ opinion of this investigator that the 1nf'o:nmtion is no~ reliable. III. S)ORCE' 8 DL ) . I I 1-"l'tCN OF SIGHTING: 1. rt ~r Wloils Tis 5902) ~en a phone cul -l.om Mr. of an obj~ct in the ~kv. T1~ of ca obj~ct i.n question in th~ ~outh Best at her mother at Ohio {GlBM also informed thena -.JI v , ..... i.. Sept 55. oomc:E saw the a bearing of 135 and 60 azimuth. 2o J.\ '.b I Uilllle ti.mft, a aearchlight beacon, which waa identified as f'rom the Akron Alqv,r ''~JJM 2104) by SOUf!Cli.:'s moth,r, was Visible. SOORCE said the beacon was tt. ., ld><: lie:hts on the scattered clouds and haze in the . vicinity in which it ""'"~ tot ating. Bearing of tht! beacon was 900 with nn azimuth 3 3) llr:(.;~ returned into the house after only a few minuted as she was not in good health 'ihile she obserTed the object it appeared to move s l owl y West. Duri.ng her sigbttug, me heard tl> taint explosions accompanied 'With a bright exhaast from the object. No other sounds were heard. 4. SOORCE stated object was round and sharply outlin~d with a rea. c olor. Size V8S about that of a grapefruit hrdd at arm's length. No estjmate of its siz& speed or altitude could be given due to l ack of refernce point. 5. At the time of the no wind and scattered clouds end haze. as not in sight. St~t"m"'nt by .SCURCE sighting, the weatb~r was dry and cool witij Only a few stars were visible and the moon s:>URCE' B UJtotl<)r y s ::Cetch or object AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT r ROM (ll~tncv) Flight 3-B, 46024 AISS I"1'0Rr No. 3B-u:ros-l-55 I. IDURCE: Present Poa1t1onr Education~ High School, Colleae Qualitication c Member of the Army Air Force trcm_l943 to 1946 serving aa a Flight Engineer. II. Rl!'J..IABILITY: m URClt was Yery pleasant and earneat, cooperating in ev-ery way. He atQt~d he wa~ still very int~rea~ed in the Air Force end did a great dea~ of reading to ke~p U..P on the l atest develosnnents. nis manner reflected his intell- igence. He is well r<'ls~eH: to$c.l througho\lt the community. Th8 1ntorma11on contained in this r"port iD const.~1~r~d 6t:Cur&t~ to the beat of the SOURCE's ability, however, it is :turt;luu believed l t iri ;.. ;ni~con~e)ltio:n oi' a known objcoto III. SOtmC&' a D~lt: II I 1'1' (()~I OF .SIGHTING: l o OOW1 t ~''*-, ;.rulking from hi~ garage to his home after returning from work. Lookiug iut~ G~y Eagt~rd. he noti~ed a light on a beariAg ot 95 ruld tl azimuth or 45. r t ~ W.loi& 0300 Zebra l.ours ~ Sept 55 (2200 hO\lrS 22 Sfpt 55 EDST). At first s :.:O'.RC!t t.oN6At object walll a searchlight beacon, but after watchins for s~voral minutea, csm~ to the conclua1on tn.t it was a flying object unidenti- fiable to him. At 0~115 z.,br'l hours 23 Sept 5.5 (2215 hours 22 Sept 55 EDS'l') be call- ~d t'!rs. Rose M. Preszn1. :!1', ~.:.o is the local OOC Obsexver, and reported the object to her for her collabon. t ~-.>n. 2. '11v~ t , " . t was followi!lg a circular pat. tern, emerging from out of a haze in the !laat aud >llppearing into tho haze again 1n the ~o\lth East. SOURCE watched the obje~L 1 Jr a total of l~5 minutes. Th~ pattern object followed wae regular and tOok on~(!) min\lte and fift n (15) aeconda for eaoh revolutioD. 3 Th~ Pi~bt was deacribed as hazy in the Eaat Vith acatt~red o~ overhead. No wind vas tifi~ent and it vas war= and dry with no trace of daylight. 4. Sound ot the object was described as more like that of a rocket aa oppo~ed to tha~ of a jet. Color was blue gray center with brigbt white frin1e. When first s1gbted,_the O\ltlioe waa sharp. but became fuzzy before disappearing. SCORCE stated this CO\lld be beoa\lse of the increase in the haze cov~rag~. S SeYeral times during sighting. SOURCE saw soother, smaller object flying near the l arger object. It appeared to him as if the smaller ~ject vas attempting to make contact with the larger. No increase in s ound waa evident when both objects were in view. Color of the Sm4ller was the 8ame as the larger. 6. During the time of the sighting, SOURCE saw and heard a airoraft -p:a:as OT'(!r from the East. to tho Gouth iofest:. H~ s~id h e c o ... ~l:i d~finitely r :)5,;ili;:e it a c.:>nventiocal ty-y~ '' \ .~:!r!\ft a~ h e was u s -,d to c~ei.ng t hem oft_,n. H J b"l1eves the town of Lodi 1 on a course of a regular airlines. 7. Unkno~ object appeared as large as a basketball and was est~ ate~ as 20 teet in'diamet~r, traTeling at 400 milea per ho'l.lr. SOU~E could not NOTE: THIS OOCUMEN r CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE No\TIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANI NG OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT. 50 U 5. C- Af FORM 112-PART II l) N S..L ~SSt E!E..D (CLAs;)nCATION) /.I'PP.OVE:> I J UNE 1948 A1R INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 11 "CRT NO. PAGE 8 Of I :) PAG!S Incl.J# 2, SOURCE's Meaory Sk.etch of Object ,\F FORM 112-PART II !IF'PP.OVED 1 JUNE 1910 (CLASSIFICATION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Fl1ght3-B, 4602d AISS 3B.UJuB-l-55 PART 'llffiEE PAGE I I OF IS'" l.DeJ.. le PARr THRn. llaY..+: -lJlitJS-1-.55 statement ot I loeke4 cmr atore at 2200 Sept 22, 19.55 vent home. I stopped in breeze way looking to th" eaat and saw this bright light in the sky -It vent south thea turned eat and wet out o't sight. It :returned from a north east direction following aame .- flight pattern. I watched tn1a object follow the sam& pattern f'or 45 min. It took 1 min and l.5 aeo 1;o make 1 t,,. pattern. Then at 2245 it veut in a south east course and out of sight. I was sure that it waa not 3 searchlight -it was some Jdnd ot air ship -it flew like H. uirplane and it had speed. TRUE COPYs ~'"'N T. MATSUO Capt a in USAF S-T-A-T -E-M-E-N-T AF FORM 112-PART II /,PPROVED t JUNE 194& (j )J_<:..t Pr b S iEC ED (ci:Assb:lcmo14l AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT J B-UFOB-l-55 Flirht 3-S, 4 602d AI$ estimate. tbe altitude or thb object. He thought 1 t was tar away as the sound vaa v~ry t aint. 8o The ob J~ t disappeared tro:n sie;ht at 0350 Zebra hours 23 Sept 55 (2~0 hou:s 22 Sept 55 E:J,:;,""T) by going into the haze a t a benring of 1000 and azimuth ot 35 1. Statement b y SOOOCE 2o SOURCE's ~1i!'JUOl'Y Sketch of Objects (CLi\SSIFICATI0:-1) AF FORM '112-PART II J..o't'POVEO 1 JUNE 19411 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT. f RvM (.I~< HCrJ p~ O~l NO. ,39-UFOB-l-55 pART 'l."BREE Flight ,...a. 4602d .Ji. ss PACE I ::z... OF Incl. # 2. rou.RCEa Memory ::::.ceteh of' Object AF FORM 11~-t'An 1 11 APPROVED I J UNE 1!).13 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FI!OM (Agl1lCf) ! AI P\JIIT NO. 3B -tJJOB -l-55 s:Jl'PL~ ARY INVESTIGATIV:! J:n~RTS s 1. A check with th~ A .coo >~unicipal Airport at Akron, Ohio reTealed the f~llo~ing into~tion: .. . a. Th"r re tOl Ti :1g beacon wa operll tins bet~een the hours ot duak and dawa on 22-23 Sept 1955. Th1 beacon operates during these houre throughout tbe yearo Re..-olutio:ma per n\lnut, ot the b('laeon is six (6). --: b: T'fiO (2) s"arehli:".hts, sixty (60) inch, arc, were operating during the ~ -w .tt~ning ot 22 Sept 1955 o One. locat.,d. approxim."3tely eight hundred (800) feet trom ~tnet. boundary ot the airport to the West (Be~ incl. f,! 1) and another about one half. U) mile to the Wet of the airport (see incl.# 1)~ Thf'se ll~re being used tor a<!Yrtising purposes c>! A Oas Fillint-r. St3ti-:-n end s Co1nty Feir resp~cti v-:1~. Re-mlut.ions or these ~Glt'Chlights Tery slow ,, c. It 'trDe nl~> l,..erned that the Columbia. Chemical ~'iorks in Barbl'!rton, OJ:iio (se~ 1nel. IJ L), r. t:~,...,!, Lodi a nd Akron poure chemicals into "settlin:. bees wbtch tck"! in :.m ar .. e <r R~T"'J.'gl ac!"e2 . The clo:..1ds cornlnf' off of thes~ bells n::-e loeDll~ ka the-~hrb..,C't:H1 Front. This mnss ofcloun.s, mis t end/or-haze h~::; be~n se~n to rioe at ti H, to en altitude of )0.000 feet. I+. definitly influencea th' via1h111 ty o~ th" A H m .A 1 r'port at titui'IS. These cloud fo:nnations have been ~spon~tble for many t ... ~ ... phenanena in the past; causing ref lee tiona onthe 6loud.a trom the beds R 1l-' Jr. tl~t r light sources. . lnclo:Ju:e: Sketch ot Lodi, ~arb~rton and Akron. Ohio loeality -~ ., .. ,.,_..-"c\Tti)NAL OEFEN<;E OF THE U NITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U S C- ......... , .... Tn AN IINAIITHORIZEO PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY L \ Ji AF FORM 112-PART II APPROVED I JUNE 1948 _Q 1\JC. L~licJJ.? (CLASSIFICATION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Pf"" P T NO. 33 -triOS-1-S5 P .AR'1' :F OOR PAGE L I ': fiigbt 3-B, 4602<1 AISS Inclosure 1 to Per t Four Sketch of Lod1. Bar berton ebd Akron, Ohio l ocality , drawn f rom r oad map scale-1" u~ls 11 mi Location ot B. location ot c. Akron MuDioipal Airport Col\:mbia Chemioal ~orka E. County Fair Searchlight Filling Station Searcbllgbt Know aircraft fiight plsn as report H. 0 F 0 8 flight plan a s reported by i;;; JEDEN RJ:::DBtJ RJ~PN.B. _R.J_;f;J ~RJEDFJ 8H HI COi'iDR 662 AC&.W SQ BRCOl<~r::. TO RJEDEN/CO:iDfl ADC ENT A~,j COLO f{JEDBW; Cmam 3f~TI-t ADIV WILLCJ~J RUN AFSTA tHCH RJEPNB/ COMDR EADF STEWART AFB N Y RJ EDV1P/ COtiDH AIR TECH CEl iTE::? V:RIGHT PATTERSOtJ AFB OIIIO RJEPHQ/CIRrCTOI? OF I!iTELLIGt:.:i-:CE: HQ USAF HASHINGTON D C /UNCLASSIFILIJ/ IlJT 9 - 9ft : 1 II Fv:J THIS HSG I N 12 PARTS f"D PART 1 P D SHAPE RUUt~D CMA ~IZ 25 TO 3 Z DI A!1F.TER Ct!A COLOR BRUE 3~ A Y Ct 1A tJ UI1BSR ONE CI1A tiULTI- COLOKED L r CrlA SOUKD LIJc FIRECRACKERS PD PART 2 PD ALT ITUDl'~AbOUT 100 fl: ., t\ S f!EED S LO~J C!1A OBJECT ORBI T H.G I N SIGHT j0 iIINUT[~ PD PART 3 f'D \/f~lJAL OBSERVATim! PD PAl(T 4 PD T IME ~2;25 ZULU I Ci"'!A 23 SEPT 55 CII A NIG;! . , l;;\RT 5 PD LOCATICJN Jir'1 591':1 PD PART 6 PD EXPERIENCED OBSERVER Cllr . ')RES tJI Cl< Ct1A RR 2 CI1A LODI CMA OHI C ? D PART 7 PD UX CLEAR CMA t; 4 .. :..:; ALOFT NOT AV /'.I LABLfo: PD PART 8 PD NEG PD PART 9 PD N F:G PD PART 1'', l '"-,:; PD PART 11 PD TJRE.PARI NG OFF CAPT ROY ~ t\iJDERSO OPERATIONS AND L .[[LLIGENCE OFF PD PART 12 N~G PD 23/19532 SP RJEDFJ AF FORM 112-PART II CC L.A~'\1 '.CATION) APPROVEO I JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 'I JB-tnr03-l-5.5 PA..~ FIVE FROM ( ..tgtTICf ) Fllght J-B. 4602d AISS I ~GE 6 OF ~ v CC:.tTF.NTS OF Pfml).RnlG O.Fl''I('''P: 1. It is the op1~ion or the Pr~p9rlnr Officer tht the objecta seen by the observers can b~ resolved as known object~ for the following reasons: & In the cn~e of the sighting b;r rosE M. PRESZNICK and EI..A.INE M t:GNACIUNO thl'!::-e re tw ob j '!C ts ob G'!Med. One a .kno.m object 90d mh~ other unknown. The kno~ ooj~ct w~s thAt of~ z~orcrJight ~roj~cting light oo the overoi!l&t. to the East of thl"'mo The ..tnlrno~m objec t was do!Dc .. ~ibed to the inv,.,st- . igator ruther vaguelyo The direction of tr:Jvel Wc:!S ~lesterl.Y from the South .. . F..ast to tbe South We:st. Sound of th~ obj!:ct .,,as f:.int ~:ld st;ea.iy with th~ ex- coption ot tvo expl~1onR like tho.t 1)f ,_, flr,cracket." Zvon thB sounda of thl!' "exploeioD~" \lere Tery feint. It 1~ therefore cbDsider~d that she cannot be abaolut~ly smt-~ th~y didn t com~ from ~notr r BOUl'CC, possibly on the ground. A poss1hl~, 1m<.l ROrl'! logicfll explun ation j3 considered the resolution of th~ sie.hting Pnd b~came appar<"'nt during t hl'! ccover::u~tion with JO!..EPH F. LEATI-IF.RNAN. b-{ Tn the ~lilfl~ of ti':~ cigl'>ti ng b~ JO.EPH }' . l.Ek'I'ltr:RIA.~ there were . a lGo two oU jt>ots n-e..-l u On,. f ~:nown end the other unknown. The known ob Jeot was thot pf aa aircr,.:rt jHH!~\.ng overhead from the East to th~ South West Directi on of teav~l wu s '.t!!.'~t by South \-:~st. Altit1.1de was t.ith but the &ound was ctill distinguish~IJ 1,. tr) b tm. po!"sibly due to his Air Force exp~rience It s eems tha t thia is \.h~ llif0B reported by P.OS::: !~. PRESZ:UCK. The unlcnown objet in this case, \tiiu d'!.;.crib~d circliDG in o. Tery defioi te pattern. Ill thouf.'h l-11". LEATH:;R-1AN was U&l toin i;hat 1\e.obj,.c t was a1'. .air vehicle of some sort. it se..,ms th'At he. W9S rulr 1;.1\c~n as ell ~Yid~:tee :lS re~eveC. from f'.T..::> lW~ZN!Ci( and ,_the /dcron Airport point to the f act that 'Wb~t was &ctu9.lly s~l'!n >-las a light from a searchlight beacon proj.-.cte0 on the -~vercJst. CO S of Approvin, Officer: NT. MATSUO Captain usa Officer in Charge paring c fic~r ~n=r ~.n;~ ~1-ght,.~ g J caueed by searehlight activity. UFOB INDEX CARD I 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Aircrart 0 P ro bably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING Ore (1) round blu1 gre7 objeot. 25 to Sl ten 1D dteter. aou.,Sed like ttr ... orakera. The objM~ waa or-lillJI& at 100 t .. t altitude oter the o'-er-..r. AlSOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) 0 Insufficie n t Oota for Evaluation 11. COMMENTS In-..atigation &aligned to Flt 3-B 46014 AISI. 2~ Sept 55. Re1ult1 ot 1~t118tion to be reoorded on tbil