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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 10 August 1960 | 2. LOCATION | Cleveland, Ohio  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 1600-1730 local GMT 10/2100Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | not reported | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE | varied |  |   |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Letter to FBI with newspaper article about UFO sighted by witness (see case).  |   |   |
|  11. COMMENTS | Insufficient data for evaluat…

Dec 10, 1960

Mr. J. Edgar Hoover
F.B.I. Director
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:

I am writing in regard to an undefinable object that was seen over my home Aug 19 1960 time between 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Inclosed you will find a copy. I am sure will explain some of the detail. I am asking your help. I am sure this is something your office wants to know.

Sincerely,

J. Edgar Hoover

PAG2 TWO—A CLEVELAND CALL and POST SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1960

# CHURCHWOMAN STICKS TO STORY:
## Saw 'Flying Saucer' Hover Over Home

BY BOB WILLIAMS

Here's a tale of flying saucers, unidentified flying objects.
It's been told since August 10, when a huge, odd-shaped object dropped from the sky to hover without a sound, over a point near Quincy Ave. and E. 83 St.

Before the startled eyes of a man and a woman who had never met before, the object suddenly whizzed into the sky "with the speed of a missile" to disappear into the clouds.
Did it happen?

MISS MARY ELIZABETH WILLIS, a sober-minded…

and to investigate it.
"Before me, this no play thing. He shouted to me, and I came outside and looked, and there it was."
MISS WILLIS has been a seamstress at Gutfried Co., for several years and has worked steadily in Cleveland since 1943.
She owns her own home, does not drink or smoke, and attends church regularly. She has attended Second Mt. Sinai Baptist Church and has been active there for 14 years, sings in the Senior Choir.
The Rev. Luther Hill, pastor, finds her the sober-minded, rational type woman she appears to be, even when telling her tale of the thing—the unidentified flying obje…

SAFOI-3d/Lt. Tacker/mhb/72291
16 JUNE 1968
Cleveland, Ohio

16 December 1960

Dear Mrs. [redacted]

Your letter of 10 December 1960 addressed to the FBI concerning unidentified flying objects has been referred to this office.

For your information I am inclosing the latest Department of Defense fact sheet on this subject. It clearly states the Air Force's and the Department of Defense's position in regard to this subject.

Sincerely,

LAWRENCE J. TACKER
Lt. Colonel, USAF
Public Information Division
Office of Information

Inclosure

Mr. [redacted]
Cleveland, Ohio

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