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Incident #66

ATIC NO. ---
DATE OF INFO 10 Aug 1947
AF NO. ---
LOCATION Silver Springs, Ohio
REPORT NO. ---
SOURCE AF Lt. Col
DATE OF REPORT ---
DATE IN TO ATIC ---
TIME OF RECEIVING 2100 EST
COLOR Bright orange glow or flame
SHAPE Long, Straight, Narrow flame
SPEED ---
ALTITUDE 1ow
SIZE Similar to Tracer
COURSE 1800 X to S
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED 3 - 4 sec
NO. IN GROUP 1
TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground
HOUND ---
MANEURERS Horizontal Flight
PHOTOS ---
SKETCHES ---
Temporary ATIC Form 329
(2 Jan 52)

Prof. Meteor

No case info only
St. Louis, Missouri
Dec. 8/1966

Dear Sirs.

Have been reading of the U.F.O.'s and case reports in the Sience Mechanics Magazine.

This report will probably be meaningless due to the delay, but could be a part to a mysterious puzzle or as a matter of record.

Approx: August 11th 1947 1630 E.S.T.
Place: ST. Louis, Missouri
Duration: From first sighting in southern hemisphere (180°) to out of sight northern hemisphere (360°) 3 minutes.
Observers: Two softball teams, myself included and about 25 spectators.
Type Observers: Nine aircraft ground instructors varied backgrounds. Nin…

UNCLASSIFIED

Incident #66 -- Silver Springs, Ohio -- 7 August 1947

From all evidence, it appears that the object seen here was a bright meteor. Slow-moving meteors occur before midnight, and, while their paths are almost never "absolutely horizontal," it is quite possible that the observer could have gained this impression, since the object was in sight for only three or four seconds. Furthermore, an observer, surprised by an unusual occurrence, often tends to overestimate the actual duration of time; thus, "three or four seconds" might mean not much more than a second.

There is nothing at …

SECRET - UNITED STATES FIFTH ARMY

1. Date 10 Aug '47
2. Time 9 o'clock - will after dark
3. Location Near Silver Springs, Ohio
4. Name of observer Lt. Colonel W. L. Walker Jr. 2nd
5. Occupation of observer Scientific Branch, Research Group
6. Address of observer EARL, WIS
7. Place of observation Near Silver Springs, Ohio
8. Number of objects 1
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Time in sight 3-4 seconds
11. Altitude low flying
12. Speed N/S
13. Direction of flight north to south
14. Tactics: sound, 3000, 3000 absolutely horizontal
15. Sound N/S
16. Hire N/S
17. Color bright orange gl…

About 7 o'clock, well after dark, Lt Col. E. C. Walker, Jr., GSC, of the Scientific Branch, Research Group, saw a fine flying object appear over the top of a beam on his left traveling to an absolutely straight line in an area of about 70° during four north to south. The object appeared as a bright orange glow of flame and left behind it a heavy straight, narrow white streak of flame shellac in the streak left by a tender bullet and itself, covering an arc of approximately 10° or 70°. There appeared to be a fine mist or smoke trailing behind this streak which vanished very quickly. The object …

Dr HYNEK'S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUDGE REPORT.

INCIDENT INDEX

1. Astronomical

a. High probability:
#26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 48, 49, 59, 60, 66, 69, 70, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 116, 119, 132, 136, 140, 147, 148, 158, 174, 184, 185, 187, 197, 203, 204, 208, 216, 219, 238.

b. Fair or low probability:
#19, 20, 23, 24, 28, 35, 36, 46, 50, 63, 67, 80, 82, 93, 100, 112, 120, 121, 129, 130, 144, 153, 165, 166, 167, 175, 192, 199, 202, 205, 220, 230, 240.

2. Non-astronomical but suggestive of other explanations

a. Balloons or ordinary aircraft:
#3, 11, 22, 41, 42…