4 . NliHE\ER OF OBJECTS PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION 110. CONCLUSION Othe r (DI.If.IP) Akron, Dhio (Two Witnesses) On the night of 25 June t.h:: t~oodycar Dl.imp was flying in Ule One Akron area from 1645- 2330 EDT. 'i. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Several l1inutea t.. lYPE OF ORSERVATION Groun:i-Visual 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Obnorvcrs not<>d very l>T'i (11 I. red, white, and g reen lights W1 ich r oscmhlc d r~n :tiJ'<.: rnfl. c a nint; in for a landillG; however, the witnesses couJci only find one airport to the aouLh (Akron Cnnton) nnd thi3 wan t.o f n r t.o Uw south. Object flew direct y bchird oboorvcts nut,oaohllc for nbout. two minuton. Colora would dlall_';c ol owly l i ke color s in tho front of a Juke Bo.:. Dear tir. and Mrs. -ue~erence is made to your unidentified observati0n on Jane 25, 1966. Contact was made with the Federal Aviation Agency at the Akron-Canton Airport for information regarding the stimulus which you observed on the night of June 25. They referred ou.r office to the Goodyear Rubber Company iD Akron. The FAA informed us that the Goodyear blimp was operating in the Akron area around the latter part of .June. We, in turn, contacted Mr Company who provided the following f the Goodyear informati~n: an June 25, the Goodyear blimp was fl.ying in the Akron area betwee n 9:00 -11:30 EDT. The blimp has the normal running lights that are re'luir e d o y 1;he F .. \A, and in addition had attached to its side a multicol o r e d advertising sign that measured 100 feet long by 14 feet . ~e were puzzled that such a craft '.vould be fl~ing at night, but the blimp was in the air until 11:30 that night. Advertising gimmicks such a s this are often mistaken by persons because oi the lighting configuration and because of the slow movement of the craft towing 'he electrical a dvertising sign. 1Ve feel that you and your wife observed this blimp, especjally since it was in the immediate are a and was equipped with the lighting config- uration which you described in your report. We wish to thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force and to assure you we do not release Dear Mr. and Mrs. -Keference is made to your unidentified observati~n on Jane 25, 1966. Contact was made with the Federal Aviation Agency at the Akron-Canton Airport for information regarding the stimulus which you observed on the night of June 25. They referred our office to the Goodyear Rubber Company in Akron. The FAA. in~ormed us that the Goodyear blimp was operating in the Akron area aroand the latter part of .June. We, in turn, contacted Mr Coapany who provided the following f the Goodyear informati~n: ,On ~une 25, the Goodyear blimp was flying in the Akron area betwee n 9:00 -11:30 EDT. The blimp has tbe normal running lights that are re~uired b y the F .\A, and in addition bad attached to its ~ide a multicol o r e d advertising sign that measured 100 feet long by 14 feet e were puzzled that such a craft would be flying at night, but the blimp ~as in the air until 11:30 that n ight. Advertising gimmicks such a s this are often mistaken by persons because ol the lighting configuration and because of the slow movement ot the craft towing 'he electrical advertising sign. iVa feel that you and your wife observed this blimp, especially since it was in the immediate are a and was equipped with the lighting config- uration which you described in your report. We wish to thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force and to assure you we do not release names of witnesses without the consent o f the i n divid- Sincerely, G EORGE p . FREEMAN I JR. Lt Colonel,. USAF Chief, Civil Branch Community Relations uivision Office of Information DEPARTMENT OF Tl-i E AIR FORC E OSI OI::OTRICT 5 t H .J U5AF WRIGrlr PATTERSON AF~ OHIO 454.31 1 . At:Jc~e~ l etter signed b y d to~eth~= ~i:~ thair description o f subject sighting and a freehand dra~":.:!g, -:ac:i.ved by this District n Detachment Office in Cleveland, Ohio, is .f::l::-;.;arded in accorda:1ce witi1 AFa 200-2, dated 21 July 1962 . 2 . 1~u ~ce advi~ed that t '1is District Office has n)t concacted tha ~oncernin3 this matte~. On June 25th (Saturday) the Medina County area. at a steady speed o f 70 my husband and I were traveling It was between 10:00 and 11:00 MPH. It was a clear warm night North on Route 21, in PM and we were traveling and the stars were out. happened to glance out the window to my right (East) and just above the t reetops I could see very bright red, white, and green li~hts. I questioned my husband as to whether there was an airport near the area, because the lights looked as though it was an airplane with its landing li~ht on coming in for a landing. (We found i n lookin g at the map later that there i s an Akron-Canton airport in the area, but it was quite a bit further south than we were. ) started watchin g the road again and then glanced to the right again and the lights were still at treetop level (about 500 yards to the right-east) . I entioned that it was taking that plane a n awful l ong time to land. I kept watching the lights and they never went any lower. Then. it seemed to drop back and I thou ght then that it was landing. I turned around to watch it and it moved to its left (west) at an angle, like a helicopter wouldonly it didn't teeter like or.e would when it turne d the an~le. It was now flying directlv behind us up the freeway. It was coming closer. Then we thought it was a helicopter checking the traffic because it '~as heavy that night. As I watched it i t seemed to come closer and I t urned the r adio off t o see if t~e could ear propeller noises. Ther e were none. I told my husband to look, and asked hin what he t hou2ht it was. He 2lanced a round as h e wa s drivin~, but COIJldn't see too well an~ sai ~ i t was p robably a heliconter or a n airplan e with neo n advertising on !t. I r easoned why would it be out this lat e and t o what advantaee ~o~l~ a ~lane advertisement be a t this hour of the n i2ltt o v e r a fr eewav ::..a:: most f ::-:.: ca:-s .iere going a:: least 70 ~PH on. I cl!~be~ int~ th~ back seat t o ~et a closer look at it. I t was c l ose enou~h that I .could see i t rot ating from, as I looked a t it, left to right s l owly . At first I couldn' t believe my eyes a nd I asked my husband to look a~ain. He turned around and looked a nd said that ~e had never seen anything like it before. It was in t~e sha pe o f a doughnu t on its side o r a n innertube and had bright red, white and g~een lights on it a nd a small red flashing li~ht i n the middle on top . It didr. t s way from one side to another but followed us a l most at the same S F~ed because it didn't ~et any smaller throu~h the back window. I know the object was t~-:nin~ a s it '"as flying because the colors t~ould change s l owly like colors in the front o f a Juke Box, and you could see all of the colors ~11 of t he time. There was no souMd whatsoever except that coming from our car , I ooened t h e window to t~r t o hear it a n d -nothing. we thc~g~c maybe it was a plane and it thought the freeway wa s a landing strio with all o f the lights on it, but when we talked this over ther e was n o darkness at a l l t o allow for the wings between the li~hts and also the landing light o n a olane is much larger than the wing lights. It follm.red us at the s ame speed f o r abou t 2 minutes, then it veered off t o t h e wesr (at ~n angle) . never going a nv highe r and T lost it ln the t rees. Office of Special Investi~ation, U. S.A.F. Detachment 502 Lincoln Buildin~ Cleveland, Ohio Gen r::.l em en: Kirtland, Ohio I know you probably get hundreds of letterslike this every day, but my curiosity has been getting the best of me. My husband and I were returning home from a trip to Tennessee where we dropped our son off at camp, when we had this situation happen to us. We haven't told anyone because we thought they would think we were mentally unbalanced. tole talked a bout the happening all the way home and weeks aften..rards. The next day, I called the Plain Dealer (not giving my name) and asked i f any UFO's were reported in the area the night before. I also called he ~ed!na Sheriff's Department, but no one had heard anythin~. [ thou~ht f o r sure someone else would have reported what we had seen and that we could varify i t also, but as far as we knew. no one had. am ~ot as~a~ec to tell vou t hat ~e were quLte scared when this I hooe there is some logical explanation for what we saw. It was not a clouc, but somethin~ realistic. I t was somethin~, a nd if you know wha t it was I wish you woulci elea~ let ~ knm.r. Also, we t..rould a poreciate it if you would not let too many oeople know our names. OF'TD ( TDETR) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 7 September 1966 Akron Can ton Airport Our otr1ce is in receipt of an alleged UFO sighting ~hich took place in the Akron, Ohio area on 25 JUne at approximately 2215. Enclosed is the account of the witnesses unusual observation. Request informa- tion on any type aircraft that cou-ld have been operating in that area with some type of advertising g immick. If such an aircraft bas been operating out of the Akron, Ohio area information ~ould be appreciated. If records are available, request positive o r negative radar confirmation of any unkno-wn object. kny assistance you cen provide is appreci&ted. Si nc erely, (JUJ:ITt NILLJI., ?rojec't .Slue Jr, l'll.'.jor, p..-JIAIIO.v FEDERAL AVIATIOl\: Cont'tct was made with Hr ear Rubber Co. Akron, Ohio, area code 216 phone On 25 J une 66 the Goodyear bl~p was flying in the Akron area between 2100-2330 EDT. The bl~p has the normal running light~ that are required by the F , plus on this night the blimp was advertising. There was a advertising sign 100 ft long and 14 ft high on the sides of the c~a~t. This sign has four colors. The blimp was flying around the .~i..'1g ? oote Lake ar{'!a w'fi:uiah is in the SE Akron area. The craft ~ e~a~ed the lake and was down on the ground in Akron at 2330. TDETR/ Maj Quintenilla/70916/ mbs/23 Sep 66 UFO Sighting, 25 J\me 196$ Hq USAJ' ( SAl"'ICC) Reference the t :u:l:led unidentified flying object report f'rom Mr. The following is a suggested reply: a. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bef'erence your 11nident1f'ied observation of 25 JUne 1966. Contact lBS made with the Federal Aviation Agency at the Akron- Canton .Airport for information regarding the stimulus vhich you observed an the night of' 25 JuDe. They referred our office to the Goodyear Rubber Company 1n Akron. '.ftle FAA informed u .s that the Goodyear blimp was operatiDg 1n the Akron area around the latter part o:r June. We 1n turn eontacted of the Goodyear Company vho provided the following information. "On 25 June the Goodyear bl1 mp vas flying in the Akron area bet"Wen 2100 -2330 Elll'. The blimp has t he normal running lights that a required by the FAA, and 1n a d cli tion bad attaehed to its side a :zm1lticolored advertising sign that measured 100 feet long by 14 feet h igh." We were puzzled that such a craft would be flying a t night, but the bl1mp was 1n the air rmtil 2330 that night. Advertising g1mmi eke such e.s this are often mistaken by persons beeanse of the lighting configuration and because of the slov movemw ut of the crai"t toving the electrical advertising sign. We feel that you and your wife observ1'd this bJ 1mp, especially since it vas 1n the i.lllned1ate area 8lld we.a equipped vith the lighting con- figuration llhich you described 1n your report. Thank you for report- ing your obsezvation to the Air 7orce. WARREN S. WBEI(l.ER, Colonel, USAl' 1 Atcll Deputy for Technology and Slbsystems u:ro Rptl 25 June 1966 ~OORDINATION /1 {, I' ; ,~ UJt DATE~ Uprc. ~