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USAF record 28998718

28998718

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 20 August 1982

2. LOCATION Fort McKinley, Ohio

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 21/0120Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS Yes [ILLEGIBLE]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 20-30 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 or 2

9. COURSE SW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Solid obj dimmer than the brightest stars observed through BX for 20-30 minutes. Disappeared behind trees. Obj was silver & seemed to be two obj rotating around each other. Bar shaped. Length of four stars. Had bulge in middle. Observed in West and obj disappeared in SW after up & down radical descent. Speed three or four times as fast as a jet.

11. COMMENTS Insufficient data for analysis. Much conflicting information in rpts Obj in sight for 20-30 mins & speed indicated at 3-4 times that of jet. Flight was uneven & abrupt up & down. Obj dimmer than stars yet much detail given. Observation has some characteristics of balloon sighting, except for the up & down deviations in flight.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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