PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 10 A at 1960 Cleveland Obio 0 Probably Balloon ~ DATI~IM!C~R~O~U~, T~Y,~E~O~f~O~I~S~ER~V~A~T~IO~N -IO PossiWyBall~n .Lecel-1600-1730 local Ground-Vhual 0 Ground-Radar Was Aircraft D Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft . 0 Was Astronomical D Ye 0 Probably Astronomical He Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LINOTH OP.OII!RVATION I. NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other-~------- lnsvfficient Data for EYalvation 0 Unlcnown DOt re ted oae varied , SUMMARY OP IICHTINO 11. COMMENTS to FBI with nespaper sighted by witness Insufficient data for evalua- tion. No investigation made due to delay in receipt of AftC POall 121 (WKV 21 SaP 52) : ' , . . BY BOB WILLIAMS H~re s a tale o.f flymg saucers, uni&enti iied flying abjeds . ekt. a .~ol~ IItKe :August 10, wh!!n a _ll.uge, odd-shapt!d objl!ct dropped -.rore the atartlet' e)'ft o1 "''!'here It hun1, at a crazy I ' a and a WOI"aft' wltO bad an1le In the sky. no sound, no I nevew, met be~or~ ~ ob~ window, no portholes or open- suddenly whizzed into the sky lnp that mtght .trave been win "with the speed or a missle'' to dows. disappear mto the clouds. I JT H.~D A LONG BL:\CK, Did it nawen? , cone-like aperture that shot out MISS :M:\K y ELIZABETH I bt front ot the craft. or what( WW..lS, a sober-minded, ration-, r..er you call it. Tbe thin& stret, al woman. ac~ordtD(t. to her ched out from a poi.nt about pastor end closest a~l'ocia tes . 1 three house down from mine to has be~t telling the tale sinre just beyond my back yll'd. rha t hrh;ht hu1. cloudv after noon Befort we could catch our las t Summt-r . llnd ajthou~h she breat h. it s uddenly wai w h i!lked' has hAii plt>tiiY oC altemion . . . into the sky, swiftly and silent- "The~ d never belie' e n.e" 1~. excep t for the slight~.St sue 'II'! sa1d 1n a Call & POI'I' !ntU tJOn of a r tn its ,,,.~kt'. '~" "It wa r1ark blu~ in CJivr . A-;' ~!t:;s \\'ll!i:s, 37. ur 24i8 E . S3 it reached the hell ,y cltH.ns o' er.l St . . sa:o-s _n .. has told ht>r 'ili.H'Y head the ihing seemerl to t'fl'\e to paswr, neighbors. anrt rt" into the clouds ho ' ee mou ontess ;>Mted it officially to to(al .~ir for a no th'?r long m rnute. then Fon e headquat~ters and the gradually dissipRle ltsett 1nto Cle'-'~1ana Hopkin'l Airport. I light blue that blended with the And I ha\'e tord it to radio sky itself. stations, televisi~n statipns, and I "( DO~'T CAR f; wh1l doesn't newspapers. and they laugh a t belie' e me, it happened , ftnd me. 1:e1. it t:t.ap_pened, a d 1 ha\'e that man stood r ig ht there with a witnel\s." ~ me starin1 up at it" , declares IDENTIFIJ:D as her. witness. Miss Willi~. ts Andrew Mehi\'ec. a RCA T\'-r would call tt a plane. bt" radio road technician who Miss cause it had what could ha\'e Willis says visited her home on' been four huge motor-like alruct J "a routine call" last August 10. ures in the front a c ross what l I ''1 d idn' t know him and he would be the wing span or a didn' t kn>W m~. He cam to re-con\'entional jet craft. pair my cumoanation radio-tele-. But-there wAs no sound a~ 1 vision 1 t".-.ud- player. and that it hunJt O\ter the trt-e tops. and I -.a ou !it'sl CIUlfal't.'' no noise as it swung like a bul- "Had I se~n it alone. I would :let ~nt~ the sky." j ha"e forgotten it Ion&-ago'' , ad Dtd 1t happen? , mit~ ),(iss Willis. I [ woul~n't care about It e"< But this radio technician walk cept I thmk the t:nted State~ ed upon th~ stP.P to my home, should know about such an Rir- suddenly cried out: "What's' I craft. whether its fore ign. happeninJ[ out here", and I rush \ fri.en~l~ or not, and what its ed out on lo the pol'ch. as he ms~on was. stood staring over the tree top~ I JC it belong~ to us. wP're itt our back yat'd. in ,ery good shape, in a mnitary I j .. [ ran nl~ ~ alepa,. and J way, but I~ not. Lord help us''. . raft around tO tfte rear or my aaaerted Miu WU\ia. . hou to look at the thin.. r cuuldn'l b.,tht\'e what 1 was see- SAUCEI?-Mary Elizabeth Willis explains and diaws rough picture of unidentified flying object ((sou cer) she spotted last August 10 for her pastor, Rev, luther F. Hill, of Second Mt. Sinai 8aptssr Church where Miss Willis is a veteran choir member. Pastor's dough- far, Gloria, 16, Junior at John Adams High.School looks on:.. ~ . . . (P.hoto bf Williams). M188 WIT.LIS ~ys the radio r technician has b~n Jntervte,ed \ about the unidentified fl~in~ ob-~ ject but has ~rown unwillin~ to the tRie' ' IU ll)n~ 3 S hja ('0\lld see nohorly wRs willing to hel lie,~ it" . Call Post effort~ to reac~l him thia week were rutile. \ 1 --But r' have continuerl 1rying I to 1et so~eone to listen . to me\ . ~.to lnvsttra t lt. . 1 -'~ me. this no play II thlna. He shouted to me, and I I came outside-and looked, and there It was." Ml88 WII .. I..IS has been a seam- tress at Cotrried Co., for several years and has worked .steadily I In Cleveland since 1943 . She owns her own home. does not drink or smoke, and attends church reaularly. She has at- tended Second 1\lt. Sinai Baptist Church and has been active here for 14 years, s in&s in the 'enior Chou. The R e\. Luther H il l. pastor. find~ her the sot>ea-mmded, rat- ional type woman she appean 1 to be, e'en when telling her tale l of the thin~r-rhe unidentified fly- Ina objec t that feU from the sky and hovered in m :dai r o,er the backyard oC h er home at ~71 E.~ SAE'OI-3d/ Lt Tac ker/mhb/72291 16 December 1960 Jour letter of 10 December 1960 seed to the FBI concerning unidentified tl.y1ng objects hae been referred to thia otrice For 7our information I em incloins the latet Department ot De tact beet on th1 subject. It clearly state the Air Fo 'a and the Dex-rtment or Defense ' position in regard to thia aubject. S1Dcere1y, t \WRENCE J. TACKER Lt. Colonel, USAF Public Inf tion Division Otfice of Information Comeback OI-3d Reader OI-l