Project 10073 Record Card and Intelligence Report — Ogden, Utah, 20 February 1964

On 20 February 1964, at approximately 1420Z, a civilian police guard stationed at Post #3 of the Defense Depot in Ogden, Utah, observed a pulsating, pinkish-yellow object falling earthward. The witness, a 38-year-old guard with three years of experience at the post, reported that the object appeared at an extreme rate of speed and was visible for approximately three seconds before disappearing behind the north ridge of Ogden Canyon. The object was described as round, roughly the size of a twenty-five cent piece held at arm's length, and possessed a tail approximately ten times its length that tapered rapidly. The witness, who had just finished directing traffic, noted that the object did not look like any meteor he had previously seen and did not resemble a falling or shooting star. The incident was reported to the Air Force, and an intelligence report was subsequently prepared by the Security and Law Enforcement Division at Hill Air Force Base. The investigating officer, John R. McNeill, Sr., noted that the observer was a mature individual who had witnessed disabled aircraft during World War II and was convinced the object was not a conventional aircraft. Despite this, the official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the sighting was consistent with meteor analysis. The report confirms that there were no known experimental aircraft or missile firings in the area at the time, and no physical evidence was recovered.