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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 14 May 1952 | 2. LOCATION | Yellow Springs, Ohio  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 0050 E GMT 0550 Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Senior in college  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 4-5 Seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 1  |
|  9. SOURCE | Senior in college  |   |   |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |   | Maneuvers: Straight and level  |   |
|  11. COMMENTS |   | Size of half moon. Clear night. No sound. METEOR  |   |

ATIC F…

1. Date object was observed May 14, 1952
2. Time object was first seen Between 12:50 & 12:55 AM
3. Place from which you observed the object Steps of a building
4. How was object observed (naked eye, binoculars, etc.) Naked eye
5. What were you doing when the object was first observed? Walking down the steps of a building.
6. What attracted your attention to the object? It was a beautiful night out and I had glanced up at the sky--purely luck that I saw it.
7. Path of object.
a. Direction from which object appeared (degrees or direction) Approximately from the East.
b. Direction in which ob…

c. Apparent speed of object? Double that of a jet--see*.
d. Apparent altitude of object? Could not be determined.
e. Shape of object? Elliptical
f. Color of object? Glowed with a dull brownish-green light.
g. Did object perform any maneuvers, if so describe No.
h. Did object make any sound, if so describe Completely silent.
i. Were any tails or trails seen? None. Object sharply defined.
j. Draw sketch.

The thing was roughly this shape. The
glow was most clearly defined around the
edges, shading off into darkness towards
the interior of the object, definitely
giving the impression that there w…

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double that of a jet traveling at the same altitude. If it was higher (which I think is more likely) the speed would be increased proportionately. If you were to take a complete circle, light it and send it horizontally and, at the same time, have the forward edge tilted upward in a climbing position, you would get the same half-moon effect I saw, with the attendant shading of light. I am not saying that this is what the thing was doing. This is just my impression of how I would reproduce the sight I saw.

Name _______________________________

Address Anticch College, Yellow Springs, O.

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