Strange Columbus July 29, 1961 UFO




Strange Columbus July 29, 1961 UFO Columbus, Ohio

From the files of Project Blue Book, this incident is somewhat humorous as the person who reported the incident seemingly had reported objects in the past and was considered extremely “belligerent” in reporting information about what they witnessed. The witness testimony included in the report is full of colorful language. Whether the witness was simply trying to gain attention seems to have been a factor in concluding this event was Jupiter.





Much of the written part has faded over the last 60 years, so quite a bit is unreadable. However, it looks like it was part notes from an interviewer and part response from the interviewee/witness. It seems to be relating to how the witness was largely uncooperative in answering questions.
17. *Interviewer* Notes: I got to home of *unreadable* Mr. *Redacted*… *unreadable* conversation around following pattern.
-Witness- I can tell you something you want to know about the goddamn thing.
*Interviewer* What color was it?
-Witness- *unreadable* is that goddamn thing *unreadable*?
*Interviewer* Was it like a star?
-Witness- Are you trying to make me out (to be) a goddamn fool or something?
*Interviewer* Where did you first see it?
-Witness- I know all about *unreadable* and that sort of thing, I was in the Navy.
19. -Witness- I have a friend who was at Pearl Harbor and he saw this goddamned thing, and you know what happened at Pearl Harbor.”






The exclamation points are a good indication the interviewer was basically mocking the witness by that point.

Again, some of the writing has faded. Here is what I could decipher.
Sgt. Ashley of Lockbourne AFB first referred the call to me at 2230 HRS. He had already been talking to this man for about an hour. Lockbourne Tower personnel and Columbus police failed to see what the man described. Sgt. Ashley had by chance been on duty the other time *redacted* had called and had gotten no confirmation that time either. That was *unreadable* July *unreadable*. Ashley called back at 2300 saying that *unreadable* was calling *unreadable* again. I did not take a second call from *redacted*.

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Columbus Economy June 2022



Columbus economy June 2022

For the Columbus economy June 2022 report, we find the metro area continues to post generally positive numbers versus 2021 and 2020. The data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Overall Metro Area June 2022 and Change from June 2021
Labor Force: 1,130,201 +7,231
Employed: 1,087,813 +24,480
Unemployed: 42,388 -17,249
Unemployment Rate: 3.8% -1.5
Total Non-Farm Jobs: 1,125,000 +26,400
Numbers improved versus a year prior across the board, though with relatively slow labor force growth.

Overall Metro Area June 2022 and Change from February 2020 (Pre-Pandemic)
Labor Force: 1,130,201 +9,397
Employed: 1,087,813 +10,973
Unemployed: 42,388 -1,576
Unemployment Rate: 3.8% -0.1
Total Non-Farm Jobs: 1,125,000 +13,600
The metro area continues to be above pre-pandemic levels on all measurements.

Now let’s view the results by industry.

Mining/Logging/Construction
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022

45,000————46,300———48,500
This industry has fully recovered from the pandemic and is the highest since at least 1990.

Manufacturing
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022

69,600———–72,400———-72,900
Manufacturing has recovered from the pandemic period, but isn’t growing nearly as fast as other industries.

Trade/Transportation/Utilities
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022

213,300———-222,500———239,800
Fully recovered, this industry is at all-time highs.

Information
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022

15,500———–15,600———-16,700
The pandemic didn’t affect this industry much, as it was already in a general decline since the late 1990s-early 2000s.

Financial Activities
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022

84,300———–84,700———-85,400
Numbers for this industry have kind of been all over the place in recent years, but seem to be mostly stagnant since around 2016, so the pandemic didn’t have a strong effect either way.

Professional and Business Services
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022
171,000———-179,400———179,900
As with the financial activities industry, this one has been rather stagnant since about 2015-2016.

Education and Health Services
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022

149,700———-158,800———158,600
Education and Health were hard hit during the pandemic, and while they have recovered most of their lost jobs, have been unable to date to push past pre-pandemic highs.

Leisure and Hospitality
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022
86,400———-100,500———-109,600
The hardest hit industry by far, it has recovered the vast majority of lost jobs, but still remains a bit below pre-pandemic levels.

Other Services
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022

35,800———–40,400———-42,000
This industry is basically recovered.

Government
6/2020———–6/2021———-6/2022

171,200———-177,000———171,600
Government jobs have struggled to recover, and 2022 is not moving in the right direction, though this may not have anything to do with the pandemic.