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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 5 Mar 58 | 2. LOCATION | Akron, Ohio  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 6:30 PM GMT 05/2330Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes Physical Specimen | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | N/A | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | N/A  |
|  9. COURSE | down | 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Obj like thfoil, light in weight, blue & silver in color, 5 inches in length, creased one or more times & glowed when exposed to light, floating downward. Samples…

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1 Witness UFO Report
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Received from Bailey of Base OPS and checked with CR 76544 Ohio State Patrol for further info, none avail locally, message originated by State Patrol elsewhere. If further info desired recommend call CR 76544 for originator..

Message as follows-- "At dusk this evening object like tinfoil light in weight blue and silver in color 5 inches in length has been creased one or more times and glows when exposed to light seen floating in air."

State Patrol extended thanks of the AF by the undersigned..

S.P. Schmehl
Capt. USAF
SDO 5-6 Mar 1952

State Highway Patrol
Akron, Ohio
March 7, 1958

Commander A.T.I.C.
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Fairborn, Ohio

Sir;

The enclosed matter is being forwarded to you as requested for your information. For your general information it was first observed March 5, 1958 at or about 6:30 PM by a Mr [redacted] age 41 [redacted] North Canton 20, Ohio. Akron phone [redacted]

Mr. [redacted] observed the enclosed matter floating down in the sky about 6:30 PM about 100 yards south of Koons road. This location would be 1.6 miles west of State route #241 and 7.3 miles south of the Akron corp limits

Our r…

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|  I NAME OR TITLE | Maj. L. J. TACKER  |
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|  ORGANIZATION AND LOCATION | SAFIS-3 - OSAF  |
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|  SIGNATURE | Kersch  |

REMARKS
Larry - The answer to this letter is contained in our letter to Mr. Gilmartin of Ohio State Highway Patrol, a copy of which is inclosed. We answered the Gilmartin letter in accordance with the last paragraph of A…

UFO RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
1309 FOREST GLEN DRIVE
CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO

March 11, 1958

ASIC
for possible evaluation

Major Lawrence J. Tacker
Executive Officer
Public Information Division
Office of Information Services
Department of the Air Force
Washington, D.C.

Dear Major Tacker:

Thank you for informing me that the Air Force had no record of the
sighting reports I mentioned in my last letter. I now am requesting
some information on another incident in this area.

On March 5th or 6th Mr. [redacted] saw some material falling from
the sky. It was metal foil-like and in strips 6 inches long, 1…

SMARCH 58
FILE CLASS
OFFICIAL FILE COPY
OFFICE OF RECORD

|  COORDINATION  |
| --- |
|  AFOIN-4  |
|  AFOIN-4X2b  |
|  AFOIN-4X2c  |
|  AFOIN-4X3  |
|  AFOIN-4X4  |
|  AFOIN-4A  |
|  AFOIN-4B  |
|  AFOIN-4C  |
|  AFOIN-4D  |
|  AFOIN-4E  |
|  AFOIN-4F  |
|  OTHERS  |

AFOIN-4X3/Mr. Hicatt/Mrc/57136
18 March 1958

Ptl. J. P. Gilmartin, OSP
State Highway Patrol
Box 228
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Dear Mr. Gilmartin:

Thank you for sending us samples of the material turned over to you by Mr. .

We have analyzed the material and find that it is strips of foil known as "Chaff", which is used in connectio…

UFO RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
1309 FOREST GLEN DRIVE
CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO

April 12, 1958

Major Lawrence J. Tacker
Executive Officer,
Public Information Division
Office of Information Services
Department of the Air Force
Washington, D.C.

Dear Major Tacker:

My letter of March 11, 1958 has still not been answered. I request that you please check to see why it hasn't been answered. In case my letter was accidentally lost I will repeat, and again I request your immediate attention to this matter.

On March 5th or 6th Mr. [redacted] saw some material falling from the sky. He reported the incident to…

SAFIS-3/Maj Tacker/jmd/73328

17 April 1958

Dear Mr. [redacted]

This is to acknowledge your letter of 12 April 1958 concerning foil-like material which fell from the sky at Akron County Airport on 5 March 1958.

For your information this material was "chaff", a foil-like material used by the U. S. Air Force in radar counter measure tests.

Sincerely,

LAWRENCE J. TACKER
Major, USAF
Executive Officer
Public Information Division
Office of Information Services

Mr. [redacted]
Director
UFO Research Organization
1309 Forest Glen Drive
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

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