Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 17 October 1973 in
UFOs Sighted Over Ohio, Bay Area
Dozens of unidentified flying objects were reported by citizens and police officers in southern and central Ohio last night.
The objects, mostly described as oranged in color, were reported in several areas including Columbus, Coshocton in east central Ohio, and in the southwestern part of the state at Middletown and Greenfield.
Two police officers in Greenfield, Ohio, chased seperate unidentified objects more than five miles.
"I never believed in UFO until tonight," Sergeant Hugh Oyer said. "Some guy tried to tell me it was a star, but no star I've ever seen made a humming sound or jumped up and down in direction like that or was so near the ground."
In the Bay Area hundreds of residents saw a strange bright orange light streaking through the skies last night at about 10:20 p.m.
There were guesses as to what it was, but no definite confirmations.
Among many calls received by the Marin county sheriff's office were reports from two deputies. Sergeant Ken Froberg saw the streak from his station in Marin City and Deputy John Brunslik saw it from Point Reyes.
San Francisco police also received more than a dozen calls.
A spokesman at Vandenberg Air Force Base said no rockets were fired from the huge Southern California base last night, but he added there had been several newsmen in the Los Angeles area, where the strange light also was observed.
There were many reports along the Peninsula, around the airport.
Early yesterday morning, a rash of reported UFO sightings swept Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana. Those sightings brought appeals for a federal investigation.
A Gulfport. Miss., taxi driver reported a blue-colored space craft stalled his cab and that a creature with crab-like claws tapped on his windshield as he crouched on the seat early yesterday.
Other sightings were reported along the Gulf Coast and at Meridian, Miss.
Publicly, Mysterious SF says: Interesting--they were all orange lights.
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