PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. L OCATION ~hi larl0lphia, Penns y l vania 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION }.Ql:Ground-Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 3. DATETIME GROUP 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NlJMDER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 2 mi nutes CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon ProLobly 13olloo n Po s s i bl y Boll oon 0 Wo!i Ai rc:raft P rob obi y' Ai rcr oft 0 Po:: sf bl y Aircr aft 0 Was A stronomi c o l 0 Probobl y A s tronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical OXInsuffleient Doto fo r Evoluotion 0 Unl<nown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS . Oright white object with tinge of Possible illusion as t o tn~roase .).i'ange obser v e d during t wilight in nl ti t urle due to o b jnct p:tssin g hours~ Appeare d as solid similar to near zen) t h . Duration rather irius . Sharply outli edo In flight to s~1ort for a balloon ohselvati.ou. SWo Dedreased in size and brightne s a Some feature o f a / c sl1ould h ave as dist~uce increased. Initial obser-been noted a s objoct near e d ovcr- vation ~t 45 dg.r clev.:-ttion 80 d g r azi-h~ad po$~tfo~o Possible balloon muth. D1sa~peared behind clouds at o ... a/c SJ.gnt1ng .. I n suffic.ient ~gr elo~atic:n~ 16 d gr azimuth, indicnt -data for analysi~. 1ng rap~d clJ.mb. Passe d nlrrwf>t over- ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52) (In 1 o r :il:-t t ion Cinei.nn:tt.t, Ol!io :~o l3Y E D Sl~ITZ P r 1~. came out ag:1in in the \~ -western sky last night-Greater ~e. C in::inn ati'.s ~erit.>, myster ious ...,.--' :n }'.s r~pom-of I he strangely / .~ glow ing ohject begaan coming / f.F... into The Enquirer n e ws room a t ;,~. , :Jc1Z S p.m., a reporter and a photog c., ra_o!ler bQarded an Ohio Air Na- ,~., ={-;1. r. tiona! Guard C~!3 plane and , " ,J rp~-headed West. :Mor e than 50 calls ,,J , f > ;,). j1!S abont the star wer e J'cceived :4t f h~J. The Enquirer . 1. .h An F-8-l Thtmd~rj~t SWOOlJt:!l ~n onrhe1td at 31),000 ff'l!t, un:fc~n :1~ _ 'llut i n r1Hlln cont a c t \\ !th l h!:' (he C-J:;, piloted by Brll(. (ien .. E dsf'l :~r.:!'\ "'\ Chul,, OANG 1Hi jutant nt-ra I, trlc-,..! :,ntl lti~ exe-<'tttlve nrtlcor, Capt. "' Edwin Pr!wt>r. ~ 1l~ The two-engine C-4J followed ac '} the murky l'ibbon that was the .t.n .;! Ohio R i ver n nd rci\ched 1;:100 an f~et in its climb to 10,000. cf:< A.l:an 1\:Lin, who had JhOt.) o.v ~.{':tpllt'll the flhje<'t ! r o m the I \ r:rounu t h e ni~tht hefore, pe~>rPd ~ ti1roug h t he p ilot!!' wlnd-;hiald. "' ''Thtor e it is!'' hd shon::etJ, ' '>n!r t h e ~ngine-. :roar. j G eneral Clark and Captain ~ J'ciwer loQked at ea~h o ther nnd smiled. ThP general Sf.JOke inl'o his microphone tn the jet lJ. pilot, received <ttl answPr a nd led 1-i-) I t!rned t o the reporter a nd . photographer. lr' K :Pretty star , isn't it?' ' he J S: gnnned b..: . .J A hasty conference with the (ew -~ phot?~rapher b rought from him it'' , -"' fmn statement that the I' \j ''thing" of the night before was -"cs -::he same body the pilots had .,. <.alled a start. It hvlnklt-cl, hri~itt :ln<l trle ncl- lO" ~ l y, j:t:;t 1\8 it lt nal for tlti)U~ntl<t. n p ; tJ I ytrt r'&. 1a;~ .. r.eau t i ful night." the genera 1 tlt-com men tert a s the ship began i o let down from 10.000 feet. c~,;.; Back at-the . nirport l ohby, where conversat10n w<ls t>asier, CenPrnl Cla r k sairl the ''thin::(' was ' 'iust. n. heauti fn l, normal ;.;igi1t for a nilot." " l 1 h inl< l'n s~>e>n that ~llllll'l not r:mill:~.-nnou:.rh with thl-\ :.tar..- ttnmP~ tt) Jcnmv for :.uri'! whethPr it'~ V rn u-; n r <lllOt:'tAr ''It's th e same unirlen tifl::thlc o!1j>1ct r eprote>d by man.v pconle in Columbus abou t a ycnr et;:;o. ' We chasetl it then and identified it as a 11lanet." General C lark and Captain Priwer explained that the d:rty. dust-laden atmosphere above cities often refracted the li<zht from bright stal's i n such. a way that the body glowed, send - ing off vari-co lored streamers. But many earth-hou nd Grea t - er C incinnatians w ere convinc:-cl again last night-fo r the fourth consecutive night -that they were Sl'ein~ something c.'<t r;o.- o:-rtir.ary, perhaps extra-ter:'P:!- Wh:tt they saw , with the naltctl o:;ve, w:s an int~.o;e blllishwhlt~ ll~ht :oui'p"ntlecl a t a bou L :t ~0-d rPe :tn~l., :.t.uo:e tho h or i1.on. '.Ch rnu~fl Si:'(~pow~r blnt,<:ulars , it Junk e d like a ro:n- pact s-aluxy o f C'Ol o r f'l l li~hts, s l<,wly rovolvin~ ~nul mvv1nl{ nnrthwestw:trcl. The star wa:; seen la::;t night from N orth Bend. Cleve:;, E van::- ton and Bethel, Ohio, The En quirer was tolrl. Earlier yestcrday. Capt. Charles A. H ardin, i n charga of the a~ency which inve-sti~a t es all reports of ur.irtentified Qh jects for the Air Technicc.l ln- tc!figence Cen tP.r Rt \Vrigh t Patterson Ait F orce Base. Da y - ton. s:-tirl h is oftice h a d b egun :\ Fy.;tematic dleck of "ever~thing li~hted" that had heen in t he slde!l over Greater Cincinnati in the la.;t four tlavs. He said the A TIC was "deeply interested" in the obje~t and would study photographs of it and testimony and eviden ce about it. : Bill Bradshaw, a member o f the Cincinnati Astronomical So- ciety, says it i:; the pl<:.net Venus, ~-- ~cptionally rilliant object i n tht? ev'!ning sky. It sets nearly four h o ur s after t h e sun. During the spring of 1956 Vcnu~ stimulated r~n unusu~,J amount of flying-saucer C:\<'iiC'nwnt. About g:oo KS.T. on the nights of ~larch :.!U, 2 1 , nnd 2::!, doz,ns ot pC'r!lons i11 Cinc:iunati, Ohio, lt]e- the 11rwspap<:'t'S a nd 111<' lo<:al llcnclqnart<.rs of Ch ilian Htscarch IntC'rplane:tnry !"lying Ohjf'cts (C:HIFO), to report nn unidcntifi<~d flying nhjce;t tha t wns hmning "li ke a bea con'' in the w~stcn1 sky. A reporter for the Cin<:inn:tti Et"fltfrN stat< .. d: "To the nnkccJ eye, th e ohjt'ct <lPr>car<'d to h e nn C'xt raordinnrily iutc nse bl uisJ1 white Hght ... through binocubrs, tl1e obj~"cl appc;ue<.l to b e a compac-t galn'\y of lights, chnngi11g form 's t hey re,olvctl !~lowly. At one point, will hinocubn: sct sl;~lttly out of focus, it nssumcd the appC'aranc<-' of a diamond l>roo<:h ringed witl1 etncralds tmning lazily on an eccent ric axis." Tlw object was visible for nearly an hour, moved slowly to the uorthwcs l, and disappeared. Astronomers quickly icltnlifiul tl1e llukuown ns Venus. To the enthusiasts, howevl'r, it appcar<"cl as a lowflying l uminous object wilh swept-hack wings, ho,cring in the west, m::king no sound, and Jisplaying colors th:tt clwngc<.l from red to whit<'. \Vhilo :-tdmitting th a t some of lhC' reportcu !;ightings tnigl.t have been Venus, the editor of OriJit (thr official publicnlion of CRI FO) nr- g ucrlthat nn nbject tlHll eh:lllgecl shnp< nnd sparkled like diamonds nnd vmcralcls could lllJt possibly he Vcnus. 1-f<: stnletl ''that tl1e p uh - lie should know that out of se,<.nl('(n G [i'Q r<.'ports recC'ivccl for a three day period, l<'n W<rC' ('~:plnin:1hle ns V<:11us l>nt six tcere nut! T hese slnbhorn six clcfl~d all cum<nl io11a l <'Xplanation:' [6] Allhliugh t his arithmetic perhaps J'('(l'tircs furtlw r <.,plan,ltion, the flying ::,auccr reports <lid not offer a rC'al pt~zzlc. TlH time, the posi- ' lion, the colors. and the npp:trL'llt motions of the object were <:nlir<'ly colisistc nt "ith those. C'\pect<:d for tile' p}anct under the pre- vailing atmospheric c.onditions. Dr. Pnnl JT<..r et of the Ciucinnati Observatory had c :tsily idc nlifit"cl the "mrstcrions .. <,hjcC'l. H e nclded thnt Veuns \VOuld c.ont inuc to g,: t brig! ttl'r nml hrigl1tcr until the micldlc of ~lay, and that the number of UFOs ~ightcd would p rob- ably incnnsP cnrrespllllUiugly. Tic was right. Le~s than three wc<ks nftc r th e excitement in Cin- cinnati, V<'nus inspircd one of tlw most not<Jrious ''Uuknowns'' in tlw history of S<111t:trdom, n1w that C\ okl'd (hnr~cs of fr:wd, false- hood. anu conspiracy on H gr~tnd ~.<:a!( . No Case (Inforntatiou Only) Lans i11g, Michigan ~ slee;:: :Jo I r;ot \.1.P to\ u por-. :ne ::.~ a n eng l e . !'t. ... ,~s :.~:1 o rarz;e , ;lob~lo.r-shaped 1 o.ni fin:;lly Cf!.l7!'9 to a. stop .1bout 10 feet f'ro;:1 :::c. At this time, it ,;a3 fee"". i:.. G..:...-.. ~et.:::r, and hc:ered about four i'eet f'rt:-!Il '":.h~ grou .. -:d. Au n~=-r object:. \.Y'=\S app~.r~-:1.tly matallic, an d that it r9ma.in~d for l'lorfolk, Vwuinio ~d;_vu~ o n Vzd/lt:--1,. 2&/ I q th b Le.tivre-o~?-7 or,' I 7 .tJ I T~ESSESOO AT 9el7 P.M. A STRANGE BLIP SUD~ENLY APPEARED ON WESTOVER T OWER SCOPESe 01 ....:..J:..::E~T!....-5 t'/ERE QUICKLY SCRAMBLED, TH!::N V~Q~RED TO\IJARO THE CIRCLING UFOe Oc FLYING THE LEAD INTERCEPTOR, CAPTAI N E CLOSED IN ON A LARGE ROUND 0 3 0.9_J_E._C_T_ , N~&~-~-Q.V_GH TO_I_LL~..ML!'iATE I_"'(_yJI_T_ti _H_IS_LAN.DJ -~ LI_G_!:iTS_! _ _I_HE_ STRANGE _ 0~ OBJECT APPEARED TO B E tlOO TO 150 FEET IN DIAMETERt AND 8 TO 12 FEET THICK AT o= T_HE _ CE~TERe T.1:1E P lL.O_T ~.O_t.E.D A_GR_EEN_ FLUCRE SCENT GLOI.! AROUND THE OUTER EOGC: 06 AS HE TRIED TO GET CLOSER THE WEIRDLY GLOWING DISC CLIMBED STEEPLY, THEN 07 --~DJ_5APPEARED l!':J THE NJ.J;HT t AT 30 J_0_9_Q J="EET -- _ Qe (Info1matio11 Only) Selma, California APRIL 1956 SIG~riNG3 Passaic, New Jersey ~ S of Bakersfield, Cal ifornia ._.. Liberty, MisSJuri .-..... Pepperrel1 AFB, Ne ... rfoundland l1ilitary Florida ( C/a.SE I-1IS3ING) . Civilian GOC McKinney, Texas Nevport, Rhode Island (CASE M!SSING)Civilian Casablanca, ~brocco Civilian ~l1lti Samish Island" l!ashington Inman, So~:th Carolina Albany, New York Schenectady, Rochester, New York Rome, New York Gurnie, Illinois Griffis AFB, NeY York Multi Gd & Air Vis San Diego, California (CASE rIISSil!G )Civilian l,tc Kinney, Texas Henderson, l'lorth Carolina Fitzgerald, Georgia Fairfield, Utah McChord AFB, \iashington Unltno,m SE corner ~linnesota Militsry Air 'fraverse City, ftlchigan (Garbled) Minneapolis, I'l.innesota (CASE MISSING A F tlla.jor Richmond, Virginia (CP.SE l'liSSING) Hulti (Civ & Mil) Seattle, sJ1ington St Paul, J.1innesot~ Vuyyuru, Inqiana Greensboro, North Carolin3 Huntington, California Old Bridge, HeH J e r sey Tacoma, FashinGton P.DDITIOEAL REPORTED SIGtfl'It-;Gs (NOT CAS"3S) Coffeyville, Kansas Dunham, North Carolina Ero~m' s Gulch, Montan~ Tall?h:E:s , Flori.~!:'. Cu~b~rland Beech, Canad a Bau~ette, Ninnesota t.fonomet, Masss.~husetts Coffeyville, ~Unn~sota El Monte, Californi~ Phoenix, ~rizon~ flews clipping Nevsclipping News clipping Ne'\.rsclipping Ne\ISClipp:tng Nelrs c lipping News clipping r\e\oTSC lippi!lg Ne1mclippine; r~e~ir, c liprd '!"lJ EVALUATIOn Insufficient Data Insufficient tata Other (UNRELIABLE RPI') Astm (VEtlUS) U1UD2NTIFIED Astro (r.IETEOR) Astro (VENUS) Insufficient Date Astro (STARS/PLANETS) As tro ( VEIiUS) Astro (VENUS) Insuffi~ient Data Astro (VENUS) Other (BIRDS) Astro (llili:l'.!!!OR) Insufficient Data Astro (VENUS) Astro (VENUS) Astro ( S'l'ARS/PL~NS"rS) Astro (VENUS) Astro (V5:NUS) Astro (z.srEOR) Astro ( r:STEOR) 1. Astro ( TZOR) 2. Aircraft Astra (VEliTIJS) EVALUATION