PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2 January 1963 3. OATETIME GROUP 7. LENGTH OP' OBSERVATION 2. LOCATION Akron, Ohio .4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Qc&tound-Visual 0 Ai~ Vi suol I. HUMBER OP' OBJECTS 10 minutes,20-25 mi~ one 0 GroundRador 0 Ai,..lnttH'c:ept Radar stationary CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 0 Probably Boli-n 0 Possibly Boll oon 0 Wos Airc:roft ... 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Airc:roft 0 Wos Astronomi c:al 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical lnsufficient Data for Evalu<1tion 10. BRIEf' SUMMARY Ofll SIGHTING 1 t. Case carried as insufficient data. Some characteristics~of balloon present. Request for additional information not replied to. In view of the sourc~ it must be assumed that the obj was identified by them and not Phone rpt fm Popowich at Akron of sight~ ing by Ravenna resident & 3 additional witnesses. Total sighting time 20-25 min. Motionless dull yellow lights fad- ing on & off. Appeared to be fairly close to observer & described as a ripg: of lights. They moved to the sE slowly. Obsvation fm slow moving car heading toward obj. Obj in West. Told wife abou~ pbj and wife rptd seeing same thing. Went out three times. Obj would disa~ pear for about 30 seconds. Red upon disappearance. MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD UFO Sighting Ravenn~ Ohio 2 January 1963 n 4 January 1963 FTD received a ne call ) from Wednes ay, observed an of Akro~ Ohio. January 1963, Mr. unidentified flying r eported that on of Ravenna, Ohio The object was in view for 20 to 25 minutes, and the time of the sighting was 6:00 PM. The object was motionless, had dull yellow lights, faded on and off, and was surrounded by a ring of light. The object moved slowly to the southeast and was fairly Mr. was in a car driving toward the object. When he arrive d home, he found that his wife had seen the object from their home. There were three people in the car with Mr. A phone call (335-30) to Mrs. provides the following information. The object, observed in the west, was about star size, fuzzy, round, and remained stationary for t e n minutes. The flight was not steady. The object faded out thre~ times remaining out for 30 seconds the-first two times. The third time it faded, it did not reappear (it was high). The object changed color to red each of the first two times it faded out;arthe third fading, it changed I t was requested that Mr. infor~ation. No such call has collect to give further Mr. telephone number is 7 JaD caJJ.cl Mzs 7 Jan " Mr Bequested t.bat. Rot An.ilable No Case. (In~ormation Only) 9 January 1963 Ravenna, Ohio -RAVENNA -ROCJTSTm~'N -Jan~,.-9, 1~63 - ,6 :10 - 6 : 22 FM. Hr. Rice and~o other obser- v ers ~Tere t.;itr.ess t.::> .. ~strange 13vent in lo chl: skies.,.: :Their ~t~uti-on wa-s.ctr.:iwn to a very bright t s~urce almost directly overhead. described it as round and white in c or. As they Hatched the stationary o'bjcct, it chang~d f rom white to r~ddish-or~ge. Afte r ten(lO) minutes th~ obj ect split into thr'3e (3) pq.rts; all !three part s preceded southward and disap- peared. The size of the object Has like I tha t of :m auto headlight The object 'tTJ.s eithe r very lor,, or tremendous in size if this in fact was an estiraate made at \ jar.ms langth. (rom K ts UFO Program) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon DR 7 January 1963 Akron, Ohio o P~bablyB~Ioon Gr-.. ndRadar 0 Was Aircraft Loco ..=:..;::. ::..::. -rounoo lsua -0 Probably Aircraft GMT 08/0145Z 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft s. PHOTOS. 6. SOURCE o Was Astronomi col o v Physical tt:llo Specimen 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER Oil OBJECTS 0 Probably As1ronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 1SX Other Chaff I 9. COURSE lon ground 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 10. BRIEF SUMMARY 01' SIGHTING Report of metal strips on ground about l/4 inch to 5/16 inches wide and 2 / 1 / 2 incheslong . Described as tinfoil scattered over wide area of farmland. Thought fail possibly from British a / c ecause witness had read article that British a / c had penetrated our air ATlC FORM 329 (REV liS S&P ~2) 11. COMMENTS Report of chaff, ming radar. used in jam- cal len to raport ti':e follo,ting : While out hunting he noticed small strips of tin foil scattered over.,a r,d.de area of farm land. H3 was curious at tha time, but did not collect any samples of the materialo He became more curious and cfuncerned when he read that British bomber s had penetrated our air defenses, and thought that p'3rhaps the foil strips were some type of British radar jamming mat~rial. He contacted the CAP vrho suggested that hs collect soma samples and notify F'ID. returned to the scene, but a recent snoN fall had canceled th~ foi l fo~ the time bair.g. He said that it is start~ng to thaw now and he shollr:l be able to find so:ne satn;>les in the next day or twoo machinis t , described the strips as being about 1/4 to 5/16 wide and ?~ to 3 in. long . Thanked h.Lm fer his re?ort and advised him that report '1-TOuld be rielivered to aporop~tate branch of FtH for action .ru-... on 13, Ohio