Project 10073 Record Card: Spain Sighting Incident (14 Feb - 13 Mar 64)

This document collection details a series of UFO reports originating from air crews operating in the 'Golden Spur' area of Northern Spain between 14 February and 13 March 1964. The reports describe unidentified lights—red, green, or white, either steady or blinking—observed by crews during night missions. The objects were consistently reported in the West, astern of aircraft flying East, and were described as following the aircraft with horizontal motion or changing altitudes. The Foreign Technology Division (FTD) evaluated these reports and concluded that there was insufficient data for a definitive analysis, noting that the objects were very likely the planets Venus or Jupiter. The file includes a Project 10073 Record Card, internal correspondence from Detachment 3 (European Office) to FTD at Wright-Patterson AFB, and a classified message (C Msg OI-23) regarding the sightings. The correspondence highlights that personnel from the 65th Air Division were advised to report subsequent sightings in accordance with Air Force Regulation (AFR) 200-2 and that the 'Blue Book' project was the official Air Force repository for such information. The documents were originally classified as Confidential but were declassified by 30 January 1968.