UFO Observation Report - Neville, Ohio, 2 April 1968

This document contains a collection of records regarding a UFO sighting reported on 2 April 1968, near Neville, Ohio. The primary witness, a female driver, reported observing a series of red, glowing lights hovering at an altitude of approximately 200 to 500 feet. She described the lights as blinking in a rhythmical pattern and noted that they were not connected to any visible structure. The witness, who was driving on Route 52, stopped her vehicle to observe the phenomenon for several minutes before it moved in an easterly direction behind some hills. She explicitly stated that she heard no noise and saw no smoke. The Aerial Phenomena Office, under the direction of Lt. Col. Hector Quintanilla, Jr., investigated the report. As part of the investigation, the Air Force contacted a local aerial advertising firm, Barnes Aerial Advertising, which operated Cessna 172 aircraft in the Cincinnati, Dayton, and Lexington areas. The Air Force concluded that the sighting was likely one of these aircraft, which were equipped with electrical advertising signs that could be seen from up to 15 miles away. The document includes the official Sighting of Unidentified Phenomena Questionnaire (AFR 80-17) completed by the witness, internal memos from the Foreign Technology Division, and correspondence between the Air Force and the witness. The investigation also cross-referenced a similar sighting that occurred on 13 March 1968 in Mt. Healthy, Ohio. The final assessment by the Air Force was that the phenomenon was an aircraft with an electrical advertising sign.