PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6308859

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1951

REPORTED LOCATIONSunbury Ohio

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

DATE 2. LOCATION ( 12. CONCLUSIONS
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7 Dee 1951 Sunbury. Ohio 0 Probably Dalloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OSSERVATION
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GMT 7 212070 niente = O Air Visvol DO Air-Intorcept Raodor 0 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURTE O Wes Astronomical
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was 30 minutes, Revort fron Newspapers

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CARL LOAR WITH HIS TELESCOPE

By PAUL GAPP

A‘ group of weird, shining ob-
jects which appeared at a tremen-
dous altitude above the earth was
reported by a Central Ohio farmer
Thursday.

Carl Loar, of Rt. 2, Sunbury,

-!told this strange story about his
observation, which he sweats is
irue:

At about 4: 30 p.m. on Dee. 7,
'Loar was standing near the barn
"yom his home when he heard a
jet airplane whizz by overhead.

; Scannime the sky after Jooking
at the aircraft, Loar saw another

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sight which he is sure was not
created by 2 weather balloon, or-
thodox airship, or normal celestial
object.

What Loar saw at first was a
faint, glinting speck high in the
heavens. He rushed into his
house to ret a powerful telescope,
then returned outside for a closer
look.

There, to the north, he could

stalionary, but then becan
moving te a point over Lour's
| head,

size and traveling at a fantastic
jrate of speed,” said the farmer.
Loer paused in his observation
liong enough to make a quick
Ishone call to Perkins Observatory
at Delaware. As luck would have
it, none of the astronomers were
in at the time.

New: York, telling the publication’ 5

+ thas received a-reply asking for

|“flying saucers,”

a. laugh at the whole idea. ‘|

’ He can only say “EL saw it.
I'm certain, positive I saw the
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plainly see a shining, silvery |
sphere, It first appeared to be |

"I would say it was of enormous.

Loar wrote to True Magazine in

editor. about the strangg sight. He

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full information on the story.

Not long ago, True ran a nuime}
ber of articles on the socalled]
reportedly
sighted all over the U. S. and in
other parts of the world.

There really isn't much more to
tell about Carl Loar’s story.

There might have been if an
astronomer hatl been in the ob-

servatory when the farmer
matte his telephone’ call,

One thing is certain. Loar will)

never forget what he saw. Not
the type ‘of man to be prone te
flights of imagination, he can't
help wincing when his neighbors

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horse to get a powerful telescope, |
then returned outside for a closer,
look. |
There, to the north, he could |
plainly sen a shining, silvery
sphere. It first appeared te he
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stationary, but then becan
moving to a point over Loar's
head.

“T wou'd say it was of enormous |
size and traveling at a fantastic
rate of speed,” said the farmer. |
Loar pruccd in his observation
long enough to make a quick
phone call to Perkins Observatery
at Delaware. As luck would have |
it, none of the asironomers were |
in at the time. '
While Loar kept his ‘scope |

trained on the sky, even moro :
amazing things happened, he
said. Two tiny particles of |

light appesred, first on one side

of the main sphere, then on the
other.
Then Loar witnessed “a kind
of explesion, althongh there was |
no fixsh.” Following this, other |
bright specks of light appeared |
in the aren of the mystery
sphere. A dark cloud was somte-
how produced, Loar said, and ,
the sphere rapidly moved away -
from it. :
More specks of light kept com-)
ing into view until, the farmer|
estimates, there were at Icast 100
in the group. .
During the half hour that he ob-,
served the phenomenon, the sphere |
leroved from the nor‘h to an over-|
lhead point, then traveled into the’
west, where it. was finally hidden|
from view by a Cloucbank.
ar’s wife, Frances, saw the:
sphere faintly without the aid of |
the telescope. which she could not |
manipulate,
The farmer told a few neighbors)
labout his cbscrvation, but could)
lind no listeners who could keep)
ja straight face when they card
his story.
fraid of being further ridiculed, |
Loar hesitated in telling newsmen
labout the event. But he's positive)
the saw the mystery sphere. the}
cloud and the weird points of light.
The {9-reat-old farmer, whe |
1 ts alka a prefestional violinist,
honestly theorizes that the '
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EXTRACT FROM STATUS REPORT #2?

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DATE: 7 Dec 51

TIME (Local): 1630

LOCATION: Suntxiry, Ohio

LENGTH OF TLE OBSERVED: Half an hour +

SOUND: tone

SPEED: High,

ALTITUDE: High

HEADIIG: N to W

SOURCE: Civilian

ACTION OR COMMENTS: No investigation. No conclusions,

DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: Shiny, silvery sphere seen throug: telescope,