Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card and Correspondence Regarding Fairfield, Illinois Sighting
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A 1963 UFO sighting in Fairfield, Illinois, was officially attributed by the Air Force to misidentified astronomical bodies and searchlights. The case file includes correspondence from the witness and internal Air Force documentation.
This document collection contains a Project 10073 record card and subsequent correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported in Fairfield, Illinois, on August 10, 1963. A seventeen-year-old witness reported observing an unusual light in the sky for two hours, describing it as having red, white, and blue colors when viewed through a thirty-powered telescope. The witness claimed the object moved in a darting fashion and that dogs in the area barked during the event. The Air Force investigated the report and concluded that the sighting was a misinterpretation of conventional phenomena, specifically identifying the moon, the planet Jupiter, and searchlights as the likely sources of the observed lights. The official response from Major Maston M. Jacks to the witness on October 21, 1963, stated that the Air Force had found no evidence that unidentified sightings represented technological developments beyond current scientific knowledge or extraterrestrial vehicles under intelligent control. The file includes the original record card, the witness's letter, a photograph of the area, and internal Air Force routing slips.
To date there has been no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that unidentified sightings represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of our present day scientific knowledge.
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Official Assessment
Misinterpretation of Other Conventional objects; could be explained as an overactive imagination and misinterpretation of such conventional objects as n/c, searchlights and astronomical bodies. Jupiter definitely one of the objects.
The sighting was attributed to a combination of searchlights, astronomical bodies (specifically Jupiter), and misinterpretation by the witness.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Mrs GaiserRecipient of forwarded correspondence
- Eric T. JonckheereColonel, USAF, Deputy for Technology and Subsystems