. PROJECT 10073 RECORD ,3. SOURCE 4. NUMBER OF O~JECTS 5. LENGTH OF OSSERVATJON f 2 &:linutes 6. TYPE OF= OSS:~VATION Ground Vis~l Bx 9. PHYSICAL EY I ;) ENCc 2. LOCATION Dobb s ton, Ohio 10. CONCLUSION Insufficient Data for evaluation. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Fo:-::1 164 requested and request was such address. returned because of no .. ., ~ v.. Prevlou edlUon of thle fona F be ueed. Wright-Patterson AYB, Ohio zr July 1966 P.e:terence ,our un1dent1t1ed observation ot 10 May 1966. in )(}l'r letter vas not su.ttieient for \.e.valuation. Request )OU complete the attached F'I'D Form 164 and return it 1n the envelope provided. W& wish to thank you ~or reporting your observation to the Air Force. Sincere 1y' # QJ:Iltl1\NILI A Jr, MaJor, USAP' Pl oject Blue Eook FTD (TO. ETR ) WRIGHTPATTERSON AF9, OHIO UNITED STATES AIR FORCE OFFICIAL BUSINESS ,j wHsrA Th!a IWID .-edea ATIC FenD Jfl', 313, dated Dec 60, which Ia eb .. lete, Project Saucer Pat~erson-jr1Sht Field Dayton, Ohio shland, ~entucky lentlemen: At the risk of beinp. called drunk, crackpot, psychoneurotic, or other unaevory na~es, I feel obliged to give to you the fo~lowing true, and, es fer as I am able, en accurnte account: About 1 ?. n?_on ... Pn the day of 10 a_z ;.9. -I wAs 11alking ';;"est fr6!h my sister's home to/l'lrd rny motherrs home :Jhere I h a d p~::-.::3d my car. - live a bou t one :nile wast of Dob'bston, Ohi.o on .:3tc;te Route 217. :llhe honses ere perhap s t~ree" h 'i ncrre'?C 'fj?.r gpqrt. A s mR1.1 n~r~c~, concrete brid~e i s situ~te~ between t h ese t .v~ ~ome s. As I ~.ppr~achcd the briJge, I noticed-or he~rd r a ther-a lo;J pulsating hum:ning soiJnd. It :.o s ver:; much like the noise m~de by s ssr m of bees e~cept th~t it was pulsating I looked t::>,.;~ra the s k y in the u irection from .1hence it sa9=ei to be co n~. Tha t was t o the e ast end above a l1iRh ~ill -;:hic:l-t belongs t::> ::.e. 1'here ;7flS no pl~1ne in siph t in that direction. -~ . t, I then thO'l?ht, would be outrunning its own sound, so I tur i ~J eyes f~rther nest, and there it ~as~ 'i':::blinR a lon2 a t wh'lt I believed to be a n ~ltit11de o f from f~u:-t :' five h q .dred feet wns a rectfln!lul[lr oh.iect (It conld ho:;ve bee~ -: ::c~ hi?her, of Ol)nrse) trs-reltng ins dil"ectioi'l sltahtly so;t:: :~.vest. Its color ;m s nn ~:nber or lt~ht t~n. It ,-mn f'(:t,r:lly t'.lrn :ng end ov!3r end r b n t ~.1t the sn:ne tl:!e ~:1!3tnt,..tntn!! 11n eve11 ela vtl:)n. l:: y firs t thonllht .,t:~S thr~t here c n l leS n b0) S t3!' roc !:et fro- :.llosile. b n t 1)f CC)nrs e tt W"lS not l1s'in.R nlti tnde I elled to 11y Yle:>he.'l :-1ho ,'/') S sltti.n:? i n th~ f"1r:1tly c"'r b ... ct I 2.J?.t>r"':~d lf.lter, l t eYii.nrr t::> r: S!r"'ll r~ilio . ,;.; t nl3 onl~r . i.tl'lP.:_:s I co111:J ~"'Ve h':!d nid rn t .'"'tP.rtc-ltze ~l'ltJjoct .J"!ncer I Around the edges of the object there seemed to be a sort of ripple; it was cnrved over the top like an open umbrellJJ. Its general shape after it . uit tumbling and from my point of vie~ was like the enclosed sketch. There was no sign of light and the noise I first heard was not audible after I started look- in@ through the glesses. Ferhaps it was too far away. I stared s t it for perhaps t~o minutes through the glesses the~ in order to !"elleve my eyes of strain I lowered them. nD ~ a mistake. bec:~se when I tried to find it a few seconds later, I ~ould not# A se~rch of the entire nestern sky was in vain. It w!:.e ~one. I have. on occasion, been able with these glas~es to see an a~roplane three ~i~utes before it. was visible to my naked eye. ~hts UFO undoubte2ly came down, became invisible, or left at fa~tastic speed. The past t~irty-six hours have been spent trying to think of sn explanation. A swarm of bees (It was the right color and they aould go in a straight line) was my first consideration. but a call to the weather buraa u at Chesapeake, Ohio reveals that the temper- ature at noon on t hat date was fifty degrees. That is entirely too cold for bee activity. Such an altitude would even in warm weather bring the~ into a temperature that would be uncomfortable .ae~s blown b~ the 'Nind might take on an appearance of tumbling. -I can~ot believe that it was a swarm of bees.- I have not, however. observed a swarm of bees through binoculers her-to-fore. so I have no knowledge of how they woUld appear. Tnis object Has so co~pect with no irregula r or broken edges that a bee sr.~r~ ~ould have been very improbable. As for speed and size I shall let this remain as anybody's guees. Distancer:has much to do with it, so there is little use of trying to give dimensions here. As for s peed, it was mentioned at the beginning that it was faster than the speed of sound. Had I kept my glasses to my eyes, I feel confident that I could have witnessed a fantastic spurt of speed. Finally, but perhaps IJlore significantly than anything else was this observation: The birds of which there are many round about my i:10ther's home, censed their twittering and singing. Eve~-- Project Saucer thing bej8~i~hly quiet during its flight over head and for soma minutes after its passing. Two crows finally cawed as they fla~ up out of a pine thicket while paste-ring a small chicken May I further state thet I was not nor had I bean drinking anyting stronger than two or three bottles of aodapop. This I can prove. My sight for distance is 20-25. I have no physical defects except for a bald head and some teeth badly in need of bei!lg replaced. After yesterday's experience, no one will again tell me that these people who report questionable air-borne objects are liars, publicity seekers or what have you. This report wss given orally 11 May 1966 to the Civil Defense a~d Cot1nty dheriff's office. at Ironton, Ohio. I also reported it to the u. s. A. F. Recruiting office at Ashlandl ~entucky It is not a good feGling to be classified as a dunce, so yo~ must agree the t it took not a little courage to approach all thas~ officials with a story disbelieved by so many, many people. La:?hs and pointed fingers may be coming our way, but we can always tak a comfort fro:n the old saying "lie who laughs last, laughs loudes tr~ You will find enclosed a newspaper clipping which r eports other sightings of recent date. My report was not mentioned for publica- tion. I have also enclosed a poor attempt at sketching the object after it quit tumbling UFO ~Reported' By Taxi Driver 2 Ironton has another UFO re- t 0: pol'!t. Jim Brown, driver of the Cab Co., reported to The Tribune a short time after 5 a. m. today that he had spot ted an object in t.ie sky "Giving out lights of green, silver and brown col<>r," that it disappear ed in the direction of Cory 1 Deputy Sheriff Gene WhJt low, who called witnesses when he spotted two UFO's a few days ago, was called to att.empt to detect the one Mr. Brown ' He was unable to do. so." " Very respectfully yours,