{"type":"events","slug":"1973-mansfield-helicopter-incident","title":"Mansfield Helicopter Incident","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1973-mansfield-helicopter-incident","description":"An Army Reserve helicopter crew near Mansfield, Ohio encountered a red-lighted object that hovered and ascended in 1973","date":"1973-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Sighting"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","disclosureRating":4,"status":"unknown","lat":40.7584,"lng":-82.5154,"connectionCount":1,"content":{"markdown":"## Midnight encounter\n\nCaptain Lawrence Coyne and his crew were flying a UH-1H helicopter when a brilliant red light approached at high speed. The craft seemed to stop above them, causing their altimeter to spin and the helicopter to climb without input.[^1][^2][^3]\n\n## Lasting impressions\n\nAfter a few seconds the object shot westward and disappeared. The airmen filed reports with the [FAA](/organizations/faa) and Army.[^2][^3] The incident received national media attention and remains a classic pilot sighting.[^3][^4][^5]\n\n\n[^1]: [NICAP archive index for 18 October 1973 Mansfield case documents](https://www.nicap.org/731018mansfield_dir.htm)\n[^2]: [UFO INFO SERVICE FOIA file transcript of U.S. Army disposition report (Document #31)](https://www.cufon.org/cufon/foia_007.htm)\n[^3]: [Mansfield News Journal (UPI), November 4, 1973, \"Incident named after pilot\"](https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/press/mansfieldnewsjournal4nov1973.htm)\n[^4]: [United Nations A/SPC/33/SR.35, Summary Record, 35th meeting, 27 November 1978](https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/673551/files/A_SPC_33_SR.35-EN.pdf)\n[^5]: [News Journal (Ohio), October 18, 2003, 30-year retrospective interview with Arrigo Jezzi](https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/press/newsjournal18oct2003.htm)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"organizations","slug":"faa","title":"FAA","url":"https://disclosdex.com/organizations/faa"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1973-mansfield-helicopter-incident","title":"Mansfield Helicopter Incident","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/events/1973-mansfield-helicopter-incident","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"witnesses":["An Army Reserve helicopter crew near Mansfield"]}