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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7071851

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONFt Thomas Kentucky

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION

1. DATE 12. CONCLUSIONS

, ” 0 Wos Balloon
Ft. Thomas, Kentucky 0D Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
1227 , ‘ 0 Was Aircraft
ee FS G. Ground: Vi sual B Ground-Redor O Probably Aircroft
GM Z, 0 Air Vi sual O Air-Intereep! Redor |7 ii i Aircraft
- SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Probably Astronomical
Q Ne Civdlian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EE
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
, 0 Unknown
1_ minute one Stationary | _
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

One object quite low, large size o Insufficient data for evaluation,
nickel at arm's length, In NE stat
ary. Gun metal grey color, No wings

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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Batavia, Ohis. Naving Tirst learmea
an employee in the advertising department at
oo., of which I am manager, © asked for sore ietailed information,
nusdend respended cy writing up *he faliswing details:

"On. » UG%. 14, 1956 at adeut 6:30 om, while traveling east oa 0,5 highway
52, se tween Haley and New ticmmaa, Obie, I saw a reddish orangs gbsect in-the
acy. A& first Lt theaght it was a Sst making a vaper trail, bet the trail didn'+
eaem te zet any larger, in fact it all seemed ta bs ‘raveling at She same speed,
ood, in a nertherly direction for at least a minute then 15 surmed straighs up

“ma disappeared sut of siznt. ets

Vhem<-the ooject ‘turned it. did cet sexs on are Sut made a sharp turn like. this

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The waele thing seemed to turn at ome tims, A jet wenld have sad a curs
eee eee, ee ene. oe wife and son vere with ae at the tine.
She wap driving. ao f did net take my scyes off 1% until 15 was mt of sight.

: ae asa ite) Pt. Thomas, Ky.
ect bony rye in Yor+tbeat: fr at avout 1:30 pa, Mr.
erived the object the size of 2 nickel beld

“are’s length. It was @. fom setal. gray sod without aoparvet wings or vail
or other appencages. aaid the ohject appeared to be stationary Ser about
a aianute, and was Poy Lew.

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Tyas, im brief, nee ti aesevintidae of ta UFO's eee tw) thes aonerate
esuauns on elder th: dian the puoteerente. pneee Wer ay meee ee he of
value te you apd your command. a = 5 tenses . FOR rete y

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_-Ta light ef the international crisis, S eeae teak © pasted able bhieniteh eenr-

cammend mere thoroughly and axpeditiously. I have net yet ‘phened Et, Colonel
U. PT. Greene in Washingtem in regard te the matter discussed by prore on for ?

cooer 6, 1956. I believe a phone call weld enly add te the confvsion already #
oxi sting as to ay statue. i might try by letter, however, hoping that clarifi-

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November 7, 1956
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~“vignt-?at terson as
_ayton, Onia |

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Snetoeed Rerewita Gee thz86 ptosbaabks ani Thre fps: noeatived jttaicas by the. ~
citar from Bx. | aves, forth Coltass TI, Cinctnnasi,
‘nay, whien may ve af iatercsa} to vore comand. Ar g celevhoms number
13 a3 2 ollowes » He is m amployee of the ts Gereral Slactric va.
oa Golid.tte writer -$4.lornerly nad been -p professional photographer, and,
(3 9% cresent, Antereeted in astronomy, pavtigalarly lunar studies. “¢q is in

with members of the Cincimatd Astroncaical Society. According to Mr.

‘ photwer sph’ (whisca I rave marked #3) with parti) ovoid licnt: camot &»
said that he «<now af

Sia axplained# Taken through his telesccos, Mee
no lignt of any ‘cind before ais lens, oor was he aware of any unusnal Lizhts in

cha of, “Bat is., any lizgats aprcearing mnarwy we woild sBow wu at the size
indicated. However, through powerful aachiflcation an-abdjedt;:aopearing visually
as @:pimpeins oF as may snoW up as sathatatnans Ruled out were: hewton ring |

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‘r.é told the writer ‘hae he Shotographed the "object" while taking a
caries anots of the moon... --3 Ass Many times swokepAto tre writer-cf*his

imterest in the.moon,.and I fsa certain that the photoersapn in qusstidn was | ;
not faked to deludegthe writer or cthers, S, seeks no publicity. =.

1lso zave we cerm_ss contact your commamt regarding the photegragh |
2 ou may contact Mt, for additional information regarding tagse photo=. |
~tapha. Cra ae if you prefers ‘I wil Gend whatever acditional information you oe i

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gegtoorerte, ales be taken by Mr, emis ere taken cn aoe eine 14, 1956. e |

Ga0, CETTG, secsivad threq, duytime sightings of UFO's from three
of witcesaes, ia he grastink’ Otis dminykt eemreentaNERT ES LSA.

: T-ceil Srcaday, BY> Y4ribiant oG4 2d% seta
con .cSentus %&k pas Mr, said the sky was d#ep bite, |
Yhile" driving in traffic, he saw larze bright lizns adout. qartar the

He said the abject was stationary, By tne sine be had

(full zmecn.
yaad the next “Mleck, which afforddd a visual clearing of the sky, the
»oSect had disacpeared, Ar, Siressed the fact that the object was

ovusually dDrilliant acd 1 ° ruled out reflacticn on airtrars as an
‘<planatien. Mr. Grimes nea a Dilat's. licanse,