T/Sgt. LeRoy Ziegler Statement

 

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CHECK-LIST – UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

 

 

 

1.     Date            7 Jan 48                                                                                                    Incident # 48a

2.     Time            1925 o’clock

3.     Location                             Clinton County Air Field

4.     Name of observer               LeRoy Ziegler

5.     Occupation of observer       T/Sgt

6.     Address of observer           Clinton County AF, Wilmington, Ohio

7.     Place of observation            Clinton County AF Base

8.     Number of objects            1  

9.     Distance of object from observer           N/S          

10.   Time in Sight                       thirty-five minutes   

11.   Altitude                               high                                

12.   Speed                                 Stationary for a while and then made rapid ascent and descents and then to SW with great speed                  

13.   Direction of flight                 to SW

14.   Tactics                                Vertical ascents and descents at great speed  

15.   Sound                                  none

16.   Size                                     very large  

17.   Color                                   same as star

18.   Shape                                  circular – starlike – only larger

19.   Odor detected                      N/S

20.   Apparent construction           N/S

21.   Exhaust trails                       faint exhaust trail when moving up and down or from side to side  

22.   Weather conditions               cloudy

23.   Effect on clouds                   object could be seen thru clouds 

24.   Sketches or photographs       none

25.   Manner of disappearance      over the horizon at about 20:00

26.   Remarks           (over)             

 


 

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Object appeared to be moving up and down and from side to side. At the time the object was covered by a cloud but the light could be seen thru the cloud. It was the same color as a star only very much brighter sometimes changing to a more reddish hue then turning white or yellow. At first it did not appear to be traveling at any speed. Then it seemed to go up and down and sometimes change off and go from side to side at what seemed to be a very great speed. It seemed pretty high in the air – too high to be any kind of a light from the ground. There was no beam. No sound could be heard. A faint exhaust trail was discernible when it moved up or down or from side to side. Finally it began to move away toward the SW at very great speed and disappeared over the horizon at about 20:00.

 

See also:  48, 48b, 48c, 48d & 33, 33a, 33b, 33c, 33d, 33e, 33f, and Incidents 30 and 32.

 

 

 

 

 

CONFIDENTIAL

 

 


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TO: WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

 

                                                                                                                        Inc 48A

 

            ON THE EVENING OF 7, JANUARY 1948 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:25 O’CLOCK THE UNDERSIGNED WITNESSED A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE SKY, IN THE SOUTH WEST DIRECTION OF C. C. A. F. THE OPERATIONS CLERK AND MYSELF FIRST WITNESSED IT AND CALLED THE TOWER AND HAD THEM LOOK AT IT THROUGH THEIR FIELD GLASSES. THEY SAID IT WAS MOVING BUT COULD NOT MAKE OUT WHAT IT WAS. I WENT UP TO THE TOWER AND LOOKED AT IT THROUGH FIELD GLASSES AND IT APPEARED TO BE MOVING UP AND DOWN AND FROM SIDE TO SIDE. AT ONE TIME CLOUDS CAME BETWEEN THE OBJECT AND THE BASE BUT THE LIGHT COULD STILL BE SEEN THROUGH IT. AT APPROXIMATELY 19:45 THE OBJECT BEGAN TO MOVE AWAY TOWARD THE SOUTH WEST AND DISAPPEARED OVER THE HORIZON AT ABOUT 20:00.

 

                                                                                    T/Sgt. LeRoy Ziegler  A.S. K. 17014131


 

 

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Unidentified Object Seen by me at Clinton County Air Field                             Inc 48a

 

  1. Sighting:              Approximately southwest of the Air Field
  2. Location:            The exact distance from the field is unknown but it was pretty high up in the air southwest of the field.
  3. Time:                  I do not know what time the object appeared but I first saw it about 19:20 o’clock.
  4. Weather:            The weather at the time was cold and clear with a few widely scattered clouds.
  5. Reported by:      Myself
  6. Number of Objects Reported:            1
  7. Shape:               The shape of the object seemed to be circular or like a very bright start in the sky only larger.
  8. Size:                   It would be very hard to say what size it was but if comparing it to the lights on an airplane, it must have been very large.
  9. Color:                It had the same color as a star only very much brighter and would sometimes get a little more red then turn to a white or yellow color.
  10. Speed:               At the time it was spotted it did not seem to be traveling at any speed neither coming toward us or going away.
  11. Maneuvers:        The object seemed to go up and down and sometimes change off and go from side to side at what seemed to be a very great speed.
  12. Altitude:             The object seemed to be pretty high in the air. It was too high to be any kind of light from the ground and did not have a beam on it as thought it was being shined from the ground.
  13. Heading:            At the time it was spotted it did not seem to be heading in any direction but after watching it for awhile it started southwest at what seemed to be a very high speed.
  14. Sound:               I did not hear any sound at all from it.
  15. Exhaust trail:       It seemed to leave only a very faint exhaust trail when moving up and down or from side to side.
  16. Effect on Clouds:  A cloud came between the object and myself only once that I know of. I thought the object was gone but the soldier looking at it through the field glasses as the time said it was still there and that a cloud had come between us and the object. After the cloud passed we could see it just as good as we could before.

 

T/Sgt. LeRoy Ziegler  A.S.W. 17614131

 

 

 

            CONFIDENTIAL

 

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