The Norwood Search Light Encounter
The Norwood Search light Incident 1949 in which an outstanding series of 10 visual sightings of the strange object would be seen over Norwood Ohio area from August 19th of 1949 to March 10th if 1950. The alleged observation of the massive object by searchlight operator Donald R. Berger, and a meticulously detailed in his logs remain one of the most curious events in UFO history. This event is so historic not only because of the dramatic details, alarming pictures but the number of witnesses involved. The incidents were said to have been witnessed by civilians, by clergy, by scientists. By police and military officials.
The photos of this amazing event were taken on October 23rd 1949 by Norwood Police Sgt. Leo Davidson and 2 reals of the 25-ft motion picture film were kept in the possession of Reverend Gregory Miller, last seen at WCPO Channel 9 TV Studios in 1952. Still frames of the movie film were given to investigator Leonard Stingfield and published in his book “Saucer post 3-0 Blue” that photo from his book was scanned and enhanced for this report using this same photo, an earlier analysis had been made by Dr. Richard Haines.
An additional photo was found in the possession of Ray Stanford, who states: "This is several generations down from the original16 mm movie film, but it seems to rather clearly show that while the beam was projecting several degrees away from the object, when it got within a certain event horizon of the object, it was simply bent or 'pulled' the beam directly into the object, seemingly bending it about26.5 degrees, as measured in the photo plane! This frame has always amazed me since I first saw it in the mid-'50s. Several persons, back then, who had seen the actual movie said that at one time the object seems, indeed, to 'suck' the beam squarely into it!
"I have included two versions with special filtration. The second (middle) image makes the dramatic bend of the light beam especially clear and easy to measure (on the top of the beam). The second (last) version seems to show what might be interpreted to be a focus effect of the light within the beam. Note the dark diamond shape (bright in the original) between the object and the place where the beam bends."
Written Sam Willey