PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
31 Jul 49 01/00152 Colunbus, Ohio 417
SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian AIRCRAFT
4. NUMDER OF OBJECTS
One or Two .
5. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Not Reported Cne object or two lights. The lights were round and approx
the size of f floodlights and gave out a brilliant light
6.TYPE OF OSSERVATION similar to white hot or I molten metal. The lights were
Ground-Visual traveling slowly southward.
7. COURSE
Southerly
0. PHOTOS
B Yo

notor oilo
Avenue, Colunbus, Cio. wus rviowed. concorn shin
which he saw in in substance: /
191s hours, I saw an
object in to 3x. wor on altitudo of about five tiousond
foot. The objoct was due west and was travoling in a westerly
dircction. TEO -oporally clear. but twune 1511
from the objeet. circular, an similar
YEAR INTERVAL
1 DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10 7-3712-
5. TYPED NAME AND RGANZATION OF ECALE SIGNATURE OF SPECIAL AGENT
100th CIC netacirent UNCLASSIFHTY A. "cluc'e
U.B. BOVE NTING OFPICE
WD1UN 341
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call not -ther concernin this incidont. (c-3)
Aront's Note: os
First Vicw Second View Third Viow
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- DOD DIR
UNCLASSIFIED
5. TYPED NAME AND ORGANIZATION OF SPECIAL AGENT 6. SIGNATURE OF SPECIAL AGENT
JA"TS A."cLUSVLY
100th CIC Detachment /5eJa7es A. "cLuskey
WD1CN 341 16-53407-1
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brilliant light similar ghito hot or Toltor .ptal. Tho sly
was gencrally cloar. but tcro were SOmO clouds in the west. Tho
objcets lights wore travolin; slowly in scuthorly dircction.
I heard no soun and did not sec any onhuust trail or ovidonce of
loconotion concorning this phe-
nomona. (B-6)
Agent's lote: Informant welker gavo his information in a
sinccro straihtforward mannor, with no apcarent exa goration. He
stated that informant who was unknown to hin greviously, hind
calloi at his homo ut 22.0 hours to hnvo corroborato, for a
police roort, his discovery of te ob,ects carlior in the
ilom
12 YEARS.
DOWNGRA DECLASSIFIED AFTER
DOD DIR 5200 10
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UNCLASSIFIED -
5. TYPED NAME AND ORGANIZATION OF SPECIAL AGENT &. SIGNATURE OF SPECIAL AGENT
JAJ A.TcLUMLY
109th CIc Detnclmont
u.S. Gova :0-40 8307-1
WD 341
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Unconvontional Aireraft.
raport bocn furnishod the Corrmanding
Goneral, Air lnteriel Air Force Daso, Jayton,
Chio.
Incl: DWIGHT I. BOYD
Rpt 49, Captain, Inf
above subject District Intolligonce icer
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UNCLASSIFIED
ALB
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5. What attracted attention to object
6. Number of objects 2
7. Apparent size
8. Color of object Greyish-blue
9. Shape Oval
10. Altitude Very high 5,000'
ll. Direction from observer wiest
12. Distance from observer
13. Direction of flight object(s) Viestornly
14. Time in sight
15. Speed
16. Sound d and odor None
17. Trail None
18.1 Luminosity

stance:
On 31 Jul; 19L9, at approximately 1915 hours, sky, very
high, at an altitude of about five thousand feet. The object Was west and was
traveling westorly direction. The sky waS gonerally clear bu were small
fleecy clouds in the vicinity the object objeat was oval-shapod greyish-
blue five times the Bize of the United States liavy airpiane, the
"Constitution." did not se0 an exhaust trail and heard sounds. .hen I first
saw the object, callad who Wa8 standing his property at
talkin; to sister, Columbus,
Chio, and askad them 600 the objeot. AS I pointed du:e west into the
sky, sai.. that they could the objeat. AS they apoke, two flares a.jearod to
drop fron the object were circular, and their color was siilar to the white
heat fron a blast furnace The flares were approximatoly tho size of an av rage search
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substance;
At approximately 1915 1949
Columbus, Ohio, called to ne I could see a strange object in sky
I looked to where he was wost, and I saw two objects or lichts.
cannot judge distance in the heavens, but the object era very high. They were
round, and approxinatoly the 812 brilliant light
sinilar to white hot molten metal conerally clear, but there were
some clouds in the objeats traveling slowly in a southernly
direction. I heard no sound and did not oxhaust trail or evider f loco-
motion. havo no further information concerning; this phenomena.
Agent's Note: Informant ave his infornation in a sincore straightforward
manner, with no apparent exaggeration. lie statod that informant who was unknown
to him previously, had called at his home at 2200 hours to have corroborats,