PROJECT 10073 '?.?.CORD CN~D CO:-lCLI..:SION:; \'los Bolloon Probably Balloon ?or.si ~>I y B oll.,on 1'-TYPE OF 03SERVATION 3. OA7cTIME CRO' ... P 0 Cround-Ro<lor 0 Crovnd-Vi :;uol 8. NUMBER OF OSJECTS 7. L EHCTH OF C~S:!~V ATION Wos Aircr::ft P robobly Aircrc:fl Po s:si bl y Ai rcroft \'los Astronomi col Probabl y J,:stronomicol Pos:oibly A~rronomicol 0 ln:suffici.,nt 0 Un'.cnoW11 Octo for Evaluation l'l. 9~1Er' SUMMJ.~'f OF SIGHTING ll. COMMEHTS Ob.:le~red in the \lest lcl}t; Hi~hl;, Tuesd.:;~y, tb;y 19, J959 Jt app."'O.t<i- rc-ti;e"l.y lO:JO P . N., a round .h:.\'.~e of Jizht o.f no dt;finite proportion. 1:; \ora; o~me::rv-s(l as i\ira. a n J I tltrnt-:d on~o .Route J2l rt:>tu.rnin1- t1 t:r:- f'l.:::dison from Arcanum, Onio. I Ht:~tched the liz1"tt for n.;arl~ a }:l.:llf- m.il~ ~.fter whicl. Nr s . ~t.-:>pp$3d h'3r c"'r to vie . .; i;h.a lj_e)lf:. It la~ted on ... y a fe~.., seconds. st?\.vin in es nder a S"t'iti.o~aty ...::o:::.ition as vie could d:irc~:-n, a."lu 1~nd~d away until \Fe could no longer .-lls~:in.:;uisb. i t in t:>13 . -.;;. I H1.3 up shortly oi'-tn~ J :OO A.:i. to clo:-v 'de t tir"lo~"3 and o.:uin r;a1 th~.l ! ie_.ht in the S~!"A r! i.rection. It i l:.t'J brje)lter and lart::e:r ar.d I atr3lr'".'1{d :ir. o vi0 it. H.J :B.i d .Lt O.l ;PvE>.rcd to O'.! A. se~rch-lit-~'lt b-;;;Un hit 't:: :-~ on c louds -pr::>h~b:!.y from Richoond Intlie::w. Hc-,.rever, ~h~re -,ere nov!. . .ihle Lea:ns frco the horizon ; .nd a t th"'\t hour. a searchlir:.ht .,..cu1t) h3rdl see!:'\ r:-obai)l e . description woul d be that it g1.v app-::arn!".e~ o.t' a l!Xlon behind cJ.oqC.3 -or a lit;ht f'il-:~dn . .,. c louds or .:3moh.--e -with no definite shape exzep";; that i t .se&:noc t o change y;ropo::-tions by slichCly elo~atint; itself at; 'tirr:.es. The phP.nooena b.sted appro:<im.11.t~ly 25 mlnutel:i ~J it '-'!lS tventj' .minut~.:; u.ntil l pOO A .l'1. w!\en I rcturnr.od to the house after viewine, ito On both occasiono thero see~ed to h~ a fraction of a second when tee I'\:1.3 -;~er.'l-::d to havE: colo:--yellov. ,:h;m t:te l ic;h t faded, i t faded a3 ~ b:>fo:-e -t;racb.:~l until it wao no lonzl~r c1istinc;uished i n the sl-:y. St:irs l~re Vi3lbla without haze. I :.11 l'orwardi"l~ th:.s report i'1 c l? it; s"!lould b-s of hipor~a.nce and int: ~:::-:::..>-: to you. '?nere is prob.qbly a l0_cical c.:C'Jla~tio~ for the li ; h M:J"i"c-::. :-i:1cs ~e do :to"; kn.o~ oarsel"le'"l, it s-sem io; >hould be reported Sin~u.caly, -:fiLl .. Jrva.:-d