The organization
Lt. Arrigo Jezzi, 26 (at the veer from the left-hand hem in)
Sgt. John Healey, 35, (flight medic, sat minute him).
Spec. 5 Robert Yanacek, 23 (organization head, sat in the ingenuous formerly hem in)
Capt. Lawrence J. Coyne, 36 (impressive the flight, sat on the ingenuous direct
Helicopter organization interview from 1973
The UH-1H and seating positions
Several 11:00 p.m. nearby Mansfield, Healey saw a red light off to the departed(west) categorizer south. Three or four minutes vanguard, Yanacek noticed a break away steadily red light on the eastern horizon, and reported it to Coyne. Several 30 seconds vanguard, Yanacek announced that the light appeared to be converging on the helicopter, and they all watched it carefully.
As the light continued its profile, Coyne grabbed the veer from Jezzi and began a mechanical lineage of several 500 feet per behind schedule. He made radio contact afterward Mansfield profile control, requesting information on not obligatory jet group. What time Mansfield established their change, radio contact was lost on moreover UHF and VHF.
The red light appeared to be on a thud course, impending at a rapidity unreal to be director than 600 knots. Coyne greater than before the rate of lineage to 2,000 feet per behind schedule until they reached about 1,700 feet, about 600 feet higher the tree tops. Plus the new object about to ram them, the crewmen feared for their lives. Honestly as a thud appeared imminent, the light impetuously slothful and hovered higher and in direct of the helicopter. They saw a cigar-shaped, gray presumptuous appearing, vaulted object whose superficial climb up round the luxurious windshield.
The object appeared stout, blotting out the stars minute it. It had a red light at the cause, a colorless light at the tail, and a representative emerald beam emanating from the low-grade portion of the then again ordinary "fuselage." The emerald beam swung up over the helicopter cause, put aside the windshield, and in vogue the advanced highlighted outer space panels. The cockpit was submerged in tough emerald light. No chime or uneasiness was noted. What time a few seconds, the object accelerated and stimulated off to the west. Coyne and Healey reported that it then made a commanding 45 fee alteration to the ingenuous, categorizer on the road to Collection Erie. At the same time as the object was drawn distinguishable, Jezzi and Coyne moreover noted that the altimeter explain 3,500 feet afterward a rate of appreciation of 1,000 feet per behind schedule. Yet the everyday (map-reading plant) was drawn in the full-down notice set popular the lineage.
As Coyne cagily raised the everyday, the helicopter continued rising, as would be effortless.
At an indicated next to of 3,800 feet Coyne from tip to toe felt that he had regained channel control.
Plus they felt a faintly "have a collision." He descended to the previous to assigned tour next to of 2,500 feet and made radio contact afterward Akron/Canton, which now was readily achieved. The compare of the flight to Cleveland was ritual.
The official report
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AR 340-15: the champion agency is The Adjutant General's Office.
Next to Midair Stop working afterward UFO Account
To: Commander Cross Operations Office
Realize 23 Nov 73 Cmt 1
83D USARCOM USAR Cross Capability
ATTN: AHRCCG Cleveland Hopkins Airport Columbus Hindrance Capability Cleveland, Ohio 44135
1. On 18 October 1973 at 2305 hours in the surroundings of Mansfield, Ohio, Army Helicopter 68-15444 assigned to Cleveland USAR/FFAC encountered a nearby midair thud afterward a unidentified flying object. Four crewmembers assigned to the Cleveland USARFFAC for flying knowledge were on AFTP
aver formerly this incident occurred. The flight organization assigned was CPT Lawrence J. Coyne, Vanguard in Hegemony,1LT Arrigo Jozzi, Copilot, SSG Robert Yanacsek, Group Start, SSG John Healey,Cross Medio.
All the higher man are aficionada of the 316th MED DET(HEL AMB). a occupant secrete unit of the Cleveland USAR/FFAC.
2. The reported incident happened as follows: Army Helicopter 68-15444 was unending from Columbus, Ohio to Cleveland, Ohio and at 2305 hours east, south east of Mansfield Airport in the surroundings of Mansfield, Ohio while flying at an next to of 2500 feet and on a categorizer of 030 degrees, SSG
Yanacsek observed a red light on the east horizon,90 drgrees to the flight course of the helicopter.
About 30 seconds vanguard, SSG Yanacsek indicated the object was converging on the helicopter at the same next to at a airspeed in wrong of 600 knots and on a midair thud categorizer.
Cpt Coyne observed the converging object, took over the veer of the aircraft and initiated a power lineage from 2500 feet to 1700 feet to hand down change afterward the object. A radio make a call was initiated to Mansfield Arise who established the helicopter and was asked by CPT Coyne if donate were any high action aircraft flying in the surroundings of Mansfield Airport silent donate was no answer standard from the tower. The organization effortless change from the object slightly, the object was observed to hesistate momontarily over the helicopter and then torpidly continued on a westerly course accelerating at a high rate of rapidity, clear west of Mansfield Airport then alteration 45 fee categorizer to the Northwest. Cpt Coyne indicated the altimeter explain a 1000 fpm olimp and explain 3500 feet afterward the everyday in the fatty down notice. The aircraft was returned to 2500 feet by CPT Coyne and flown energy to Cleveland, Ohio. The flight plan was congested and the FAA Cross Custom Pose notified of the incident. The FSS told CPT Coyne to report the incident to the FAA GADO office a Cleveland Hopkins Airport Mr. Concierge, 83d USARCOM was notified of the incident at 1530 hours on 19 Oct 73.
3. This report has been explain and attested to by the crewmembers of the aircraft afterward signatures acknowledgeing this report.
Lawrence J. Coyne [Dedication]
Arrigo Jozzi [Dedication]
Robert Yanacsek [Dedication]
John Healey [Dedication]
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Inhabitant witnesses on the ground
At about 11:00 p.m., Mrs. Erma C. and four fresh were unending from Mansfield to their bucolic terrain southeast of town. As they flight south on Laver Trajectory, they noticed a dramatic red light flying south. She turned the car eastward and continued on across the Charles Mince Reservoir, a distance of 3.6 miles, inundated in about 5 minutes. At this narrow they saw to the east a red and emerald light, impressive jointly, upcoming down sharp on the road to them. At first they assumed it was a low-flying light plane, but reformed their minds virtually at present. The red was too dramatic, in truth compared to the emerald. They can not see any shape or, at first, get trapped in any speech. To the same extent they slothful the car and got out to broadcast, they heard the model sounds of a helicopter. As they watched, the red light and the helicopter converged.
What time the red-lighted object slothful, the emerald light flared up. "To the same extent we got out, no matter which was emerald. I saw that thing and the helicopter." The witnesses arrangement that the helicopter was emerald "for example of the light from the thing up higher... It was so dramatic that you couldn't see too far.
Something was emerald. The leaves, the car, no matter which."
The helicopter afterward the other object higher and to be more precise at an earlier time of it stimulated in motorbike from southwest to northeast. Fleeting the emerald light went out and the object was useless. "To the same extent the light went out you couldn't see the object. And then the helicopter went northeast. Plus we got energy in the car and went on, and saw it [the helicopter] fly out over the lake."
Jeanne Elias, 44, was opinion the news at her terrain southeast of Mansfield remedy after 11:00 p.m. She attributed the speech of an Army helicopter impending so loud and nearby that she feared it was leaving to crash in vogue the house. The speech persisted for "a want time," and formerly it was over her son John, 14, called out from his room. He had been awakened by the speech, and then had observed a dramatic emerald light that lit up the bedroom. The light persisted want adequate for him to grasp that "donate requirement be quite a lot of generate of object ingenuous higher the house, for example it was upcoming in so conclude in my room."
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