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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  2 August 1954 | Westlake, Ohio | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local 1717 GMT 02/2217Z | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civ (For,Mil) | ☐ Other UNIDENTIFIED ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☑ Unknown  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSER…

02/1717 Westlake, Ohio B
25 August 1954

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON

IN REPLY REFER TO: SD 24-21-151

SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
Sighted at Westlake, Ohio
on 2 August 1954
SPECIAL INQUIRY

TO: Commander
Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
ATTN: ATIAA-2C

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10

1. The following, received from the Cleveland Detachment of this District Office, is forwarded for your information:

On 5 August 1954, Mr. [redacted], Avon Lake, Ohio, (reda…

CONFIDENTIAL
5D 24-21-151 25 August 1954
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT

related that the object, when sighted, appeared to be six (6) miles from his position, and stated that when the object dropped, it appeared to be a free fall rather than an accelerated drop. When the object dropped, it appeared to change as though it had its thin side toward stated that the object had no noticeable surface characteristics, and that its descent to 2,000 feet was a definite action and not a floating or wobbling motion. likened the speed of the object to that of a ME 109 fighter plane approaching head-on to a B-…