3. DATI!TIMI CROU~ .'. Li!NGTH 011 OBSERVATION PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Ballooft Probaltlr Balloon PossiWr Balloon T.itfl1~. Ohi o TYPE OF OBSERVATION Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Po si hi r Alreroft :~ Ground Yi suol 0 AI,.VIsual 0 GrovnciRodor Alrlfttreept Rodor 0 Was Astronomical 0 Proba})ly Astronomical c XOther 1ll_l ;:i{ I. NUMBER OF OBJeCTS 9. COURSE D Insufficient Doto for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown 10. BRIEF SUMt.\4RY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS .A d nll red o b ject w:ts so.~11 falling :;hilc arivi nr..; s oath O!l r iver ro~ t~orr.!1 of Tiffi n , 0~1in. Hotul"ned to th0 ar0a cho following morninr a n d picl~ad ~tp a sphorica.l obj0ct~ Ul~tHl exan.i.Hat~-<r!, t.h8 ii:e,,. t'.ir~i:ed !..lp wu.~ f uur<J lo be a 1ad i.o .&.,ce~l v .:. c h ~' s s -~ s L J n t s o i t w o u 1 d r l t in to s~h~r0 i s "l:Jl'Y bowl f loat ATIC FORW 32? (RY.V 26 SF.P 52) 25. Where wer~ you lucoted when you saw the object? (C}rcle Ona): a. Ins ide a building b.(fn a cii) c. 1:Jut'doors d. lnanoirplone 26. Were you (Circle One) a. ln. the business section of a e ity? b. In the residential section of a city? c. In open countryside? d. Flying near an airfield? e. Flying over a city? . f. Flying ov.,~ open country? ....t'- 27. What were you doing at the time you saw the obiect, and how did you happen to notice it? // 28. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at tho time, then complete the following questions: 28.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One) a. North c:. East o. South b. Northeast d. Southeast <t;" -~uthwe'si) h. Northwest 28.2 How fast were you m'lving? 28.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object? (C;rcle One) Yes @ 29. What direction were you looking when you first saw the obiect? (Circle One) b. Northeast e. S_QJ~th ,/ 7 g. West _; l l.J l f\.J \..f . Sou!hwes!_.;!--h. Northwest ;:A.J -'"" ~ d. Southeast 30. What direction were you looking when you lost sow the obiect? (Circle One) e. South ;,- ~South~!!) h. Northwest b. No ~rheast d. Southeast 31. If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the obiect was from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation). 31.1 Whe n it first appeared: o. From true North-------degrees. b. From horizon degrees. 31.2 When it disappeared: CJ. From true ~lorth -------degrees. b. From horizon degrees. 3 4. What were fhe weather conditions at tha time you saw tha object? 34.1 CLOUDS (C ir~le OneJ a. C leor sky c. Scattered clouds d. Thick or heavy clouds 3 . Don't remember 34.3 WEATHER (Circle On~) b. F og, mist, or light rain Moderate or heavy rain e. Don't remember 34.2 WIND (Circle One) c. Strong wind d. Don't remember 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One) e. Don't remember When did (lu report to soma official that you had seen the ob~ct? Ooy Month Year ~ 36. Was c nyone else with you at the time you saw the obiect? (Circle One) 36.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the obiect too? (Circle One) Yes No 36.2 Please t ist their names end addresses: 37. Was this the first time that you had seen an object or obiects like this? (Circle One) (Yes) 37.1 IF you answered NO, thttn when, where, end under what circumstancas did you see other ones? 39. Do you think you can estimate the speecl of the obJect? (C;rcle One) IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? 40. Po you think you can estimate how far away from you the obiect was? (Circle One) No IF you a nswered YES, then how far away would you say It was? I~ Oc) -L " a feet. 41. Please g iva the following Information about yourself: City Zone State What is your prasent iob? Please indicate any ~pecial ed,Jeational training that you hove had. a. Grode school b. High school e. Technical school------------- c. College d. Post graduate f. special training~---------- 42. Oat~ you c ompleted this questionnaire: U. S. A I R F 0 R C E TECHNICAL I H F 0 R MAT I 0 H SHEET (SUMMARY DATA) tn ord~r that your information moy be filed and coded as accurately as possibl, pl~s use th following space to write out o ahort description of the event that you observed. You may r peat information that you have already given in the questionnaire, and add ant further comn:ont.t, statements, or sketches that you believe are important. Try to present tha deta lis of the observa tion in the order in which they occurred. Additional pages of the same size pap&r may be attoch&d if tht!y ore needed. (Do Not Write in This S;~a:a} ~ .r-: vf-Ct.AJ PLC-tJ c 17 Kovember 1957 :UOAX A science teo.cher from Tiffin, Ohio observed a flash of light while driving horne ~rom '\;or:;. ~ne following day he went to the area where he sa,., the flash and claimed to ho.ve i'ound on object in a field resembling SRJTHIK. The Teacher contacted the '.i'Oledo Police, and the story was given space by Toledo newspapers. ATIC received thiG informa~ tion rrom the rentagon because of press inquries recarding the incident. On lJ. D~cer:-.ber, investign.tora :fro:n Project Blue Book co:ltact ed the vi tnen s and obtained t:--~c o'.)jcc.J~. ?!\).s object was n copper colored metallic cphcre, np:)roxLilately eieht inch.ea i:n dio.::~etc:-, with a single a.nte~""ln.. Further c.nalysic at Hright-Po.tterso:..'l revealed "'lo.t n ~11 radio was bent into a "V" shape) so as to fit inside t'vo thin copper shells, a.nd. held toccther by a bolt. Heat ho.d b een applied to the rodio to scorch f4'1d blac1\.cn e se~ in contrast to the outside of t~e sphere. A short piece of speedometer cable a attached to give the appearance of ~ antenna. Tae object waa bolted togetber vith on ~Jericon Standard Threads bolt and the radio tubes vere American made. The incident is regarded as an attempt at a deliberate hoax DISPOSITION FORM SECURI'TY ClASSIFICATION Ufllll) from SDO Report, 27-28 Nov S7 COMMEHT MO. 1 Maj T J . Conn ,Jr/dmt is an Cttract fro SDO Capt and necessar7 action . -t800-S/Sct HUnd received a cVl trom Capt MCC y, Police Dept (Ph S720S 1ntorta1ng that they had been not1t1ed by the State Police ot Toledo, Ohio a metallic object which w a.s obsexved to !all tr"om the sky by' Mr Stepson ot East Proctor and Braduer (St.?) on the 17 . The location is es North Tippen, Oh:lo.. This object . is nov in possession or a "Mr , Tipp , Ohio Phone 33.32W,. Dintnsions of object. not . .Adjutant DISPOSITION FORM SECURlTY Q.ASSiflCATlOH (Jittatl RPUas HME FORM M. l CCT a, WHICH MAY 8 USED. ; II Jll' .ot "' II. &. -nwuf T Hlll.,llla OJ~IC:I U. S. .ll R F 0 R C E TECH HI CAL I H F 0 R MAT I 0 H 5 H t: E T Thio qustionnoire hat ben prepared so that you con give the U. S.