PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6312697

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1949

REPORTED LOCATIONLangley AFB Virginia

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MILITARY SCIENCE AND TACTICS

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI 21, OKIO

22 August 1949

SUBJECT: Report of unidentified Airborne object:

TO: Commanding General
Ninth Air Force
Langley Air Force Base, Va.

1. On Friday night, 19 August 1949, Sgt. Donald R, Berger, RA
671806, a member of this organization was operating a standard Army
General Electric antiaircraft searchlight on a volunteer basis for a
local group who were using the light for publicity purposes, Between
. the hours of 2000 and 2300 he picked up an object in the light beam
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in the sky which presented an unusual appearance and was not readily
identifiable,

2e This subject appeared to change color in the light beam fron

a sort of phosphorescent appearance to a bluish color if held in the
light and when the beam was removed the object remained visible with
wnat has been described as a luminous appearance,

3. The object was North but slishtly fast of Cincinnati at an
elevation of 1585 mils or approximately directly overhead. Judging
from the atmospheric conditions and the range of the light, the object
appeared to be at an altitude of to 5 miles and at about the same
range. It did not seem to move but remained as far as could be deter-
mined approximately 3tationary for the entire period of the three and
one-half hours Set. Berger observed it.

4. This phenomenon, whatever it was, was seen by several hundred
people in this city, a number of whom called it to the attention of Sgt.
Berger while he was cperating the searchlight. A notice of this incident
although not released by military personnel appeared in at least one
daily newspaper of this city.

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Brief: B/Ltr from Dept of M.S.&T., Univ of Cincinnati, subject,"Report
of unidentified Airborne object," dated 22 August 1949

QAF 000.92 (22 Aug 49) lst Ind HP
HEADQUARTERS NINTH AIR FORCE, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia | 2 spp 1948

TO: Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, Dayton, Ohio, ATIN: MCIAX0-3

FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL: Ms Fe,
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. JOHN L. BROOKS
CAPTAIN, USAF |

ASST. ACJ. GENERAL