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Incident #158

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PERIOD OF INVOLVEMENT 1 Aug 1948

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DATE OF INVOLVEMENT --- 9 Aug 1948

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TIME OF REPORT --- 1400

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DEATHS --- Student

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ALTITUDE --- Very high

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TYPE OF OBSERVATION --- Ground

MANEUVERS --- Just exhaust visible

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UNCLASSIFIED

Incident #158 -- Groveport, Ohio -- 1 August 1948

With two essential items missing (speed with which the trail was formed and length of time involved in the formation), it is difficult to come to a definite conclusion concerning the origin of the object observed, but it is entirely possible that it was parts of the smoke trail of a fireball. Fireball trails have been known to act in the manner described. The witness states that the streak was not like an anti-aircraft shell burst or a vapor trail from a plane. He implies that the motion of the object forming the trail was very r…

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

Incident #153

1. Date 1 Aug 48
2. Time 2:00 P. M.
3. Location Shinglass Groveport, Ohio
4. Name of observer [redacted]
5. Occupation of observer Student, ☑
6. Address of observer [redacted]
7. Place of observation 1 mile west of Groveport, Ohio
8. Number of objects 1
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Time in sight N/S
11. Altitude N/S very high
12. Speed N/S
13. Direction of flight in westerly direction against a light wind
14. Tactics N/S - just exhaust visible - smoke pattern dark & very large dispersed rapidly and appeared again as wi…

Observer noticed what appeared to be a small black cloud between two white ones. Seemed peculiar because the weather was clear and there were a few white clouds in the sky - but no other dark clouds or formations of any kind. The black cloud did not have any definite shape but looked like an anti-aircraft shell a few seconds after it explodes. Suddenly it stretched out into a wide streak with smaller vertical streaks, then rapidly turned and twisted, moving into a different direction and disappearing. In three or four seconds, the smoke burst appeared again spontaneously, approximately 20° wes…

UNCLASSIFIED
AGENT REPORT

1. NAME OF SUBJECT OR TITLE OF INCIDENT
SIGHTING OF UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT

2. DATE SUBMITTED
9 August 1948

3. CONTROL SYMBOL OR FILE NO.
A-1917

4. REPORT OF FINDINGS
(1) On 2 August 1948, [redacted], student, [redacted], and [redacted], Columbus, Ohio, was interviewed concerning an unidentified phenomenon in the sky, and stated in substance:

On Sunday, 1 August 1948, at approximately 2:00 p.m., I was driving east on Groveport Pike with my family. I was about one mile west of Groveport when I glanced up toward the North and noticed what appeared to be a small bla…

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, 152, 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…

UNCLASSIFIED
AGENT REPORT

|  1. NAME OF SUBJECT OR TITLE OF INCIDENT | 2. DATE SUBMITTED  |
| --- | --- |
|  SIGHTING OF UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT | 9 August 1948  |
|  3. CONTROL SYMBOL OR FILE NO. | A-1917  |

4. REPORT OF FINDINGS

(2) On 2 August 1948, Mrs. [redacted], graphotype operator, Veterans Administration, South Starling Street, Columbus, Ohio, was interviewed concerning the unidentified phenomenon which she witnessed in the sky on Sunday, 1 August 1948, at approximately 2:00 p.m., while traveling east on Groveport Pike with her husband. Her statement was substantially the same as t…