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PROJECT 10073 RECORO
1. DATE · TIME GROUP LOCATION
23 Dee 65 29/00302 Newark, Harbor Hills, Ohio Area
3SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Astro (VEGA)
t. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Ons
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
1 hours Obserrer sighted a larg, bright object, orange in color.
The object moved slow at. first and then picked up speed
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION quickly. Its motion was smooth and swift. The observer
Ground-Visual was traveling in a car at abcut 50 mph. At tines the
7. COURSE object appeared to be stationary and at other times it
appeared to be moving to the Nw. The bject was in the West.
NW
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CHRISTOPHER J. HOPPIN, 2LT, USAF 1 Atch
Information Officer AFR 200-2 Report

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS B4OTH COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP (TAC)
LOCKBOURNE AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO 43217
REPLY TO DEC 29 1965
ATTN OF: OI
SUBJECT: AFR 200-2 Report
TO: DO (LtCol Smith)
Reference AFR 2oo-2, para 14. The following report, taken by the under-
your disposition IAw this regulation:
a Discription of the object.
(1) Round bright object
(2) 3 to 4 times larger than airplane landing light. Observer
states that an airplane approached about i5 miles away, heading for Col-
umbus to land and that it had its landing lights on.
(3) The color of the light was orange, other than that ther was
no color.
(4) There was only one. There was only one.
(5) There was no formation.
(6) No descernable features or details. No descernable features or details.
(7) (7) N/A
( (0) When UFo moved out of sight, it became white in color.
There was no sound heard.
b. Discription of course of object. Discription of course of object.
(1) A casual glance in the direction. The light caught the ob-
server's attention.
(2) N/A
(3) N/A
(4) The object moved slow at first and then picked up speed quickly.
Its motion was smooth and swift. Its flight path followed that of State
Routes 440, 489, 596 and crossed
the direction of Newark, Ohio to Harbor Hills, Ohio.
(5) The object moved off to the Northwest of the observer. The
light turned whiter as it moved away. Its disappearance was gradual.
(6) The observance covered a time span of an hour and a half.
c. Manner of observation.
(1) Ground visual.
(2) Naked eye,
(3) The object was obeerved in part while in a car. At that time
the car was traveling at 5o Mph and the objeot was stationary.

d.1 Time and date of sighting
(1) 1930 to 2100 hours, 28 Dec 65.
(2) Night.
e. Location of observer. While driving from Newark to Harbor Hills
the object was observed traveling above Stata Routes 440, 489, 596-and
crossed over U.S. Interstate Highway 70 in the direction of Buckeye Lake
in Harbor Hills.  When the observer reached her destination at the South
side of Buckeye Lake, the object was 1 miles from her at an elevation of
2 50 to loo feet from the ground. At termination of sighting, the object
moved away in a Northwasterly direotion at a swift rate of speed. Its
color changed from orange to white.
f. Identifying Information on observers.
1 Civilia and Mrs.
and.31. Hebron, Ohio. Office Manager at Rockwell
Standard Corpy wewark, ohio. Reliable and Sincere.
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h. None.
1. None.
j. Unknown.
k. Position title and comments of the preparing officer.
Preparing officer - 2/Lt Christopher J. Hoppin, FR836o7A, Base
Information Officer. Preliminary analysis indicates Mrs. Keyes is both
comprehensive and sincere. The undersigned could offer no clues as to the
cause or identy of this object.
none.
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CHRISTOPER JHOPPIN, 2LT, USAF 1 Atch
Information Officer Item g. (wea rpt for 28 Dec 65)

I . 30 kts, 16,000 feet, 260 dogrees, 45 100; 20,C00 f0d5, 300 degroos,
kts; 30, 000 feet, 310 degreos, 50 kts; 50,c00 feo6, 290 dogreos,
3 - kts.
(3) Ceiling: 19oos, high thin ovorcast cirrus; 2ooos, high thin
brokan cirrus; aloos, high thin soattared cirrus.
(4) Visibllity ten miles through-out the period.
(5) Amount of cloud cover; l9oos, ten tenths; 2oool, sevon tonths;
2100E, five tenths.
(6) No thundorstorm aotivity.
(7) Vertical tamperature gradiant(fron Zayton, Chio, 20 Dec. 66,
1,00E, RAOB).
- (al Surface up to 2,5o0 fout, pLus 2 degrees G.
C0 2,500 foet up to 5,500 feet, miaus 5 dogroes G.
C 5,500 feet up to 8 Co feet, plus 3 degrpes G.
a 6,Cco fset:un to : Ioot, minuw 2l dogrces C.
20,o0c reot-up to 39, Ooo feet (bropopause), minus 50 dogrocs C.
r 39, 0oc feot up_to 45, coo foet, minus 2 degrees 0.
45,0oc Zeet up_to 53, 000 feet, plus 8 dogrees 0.
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Itan (. (nes fpt 2or  Leo 65)