Project 10073 Record: Sighting Report - Ottawa and Baldwin, Kansas, 4 August 1965

On August 4, 1965, at approximately 0430Z, a civilian witness traveling on I-35 near the 190-mile marker between Ottawa and Baldwin, Kansas, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witness, described as a salesman and deemed reliable, reported seeing a single, diamond or delta-shaped object, roughly the size of a basketball, moving from south to north. The object was described as bright green with a green tail and appeared to 'flame out' during its 15-second observation. The weather at the time was reported as very clear with some high clouds. The incident was documented by the 328th Fighter Wing at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base and forwarded to the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the object exhibited the characteristics of a meteor, noting that the description, flight path, and duration were consistent with such an event. Despite this conclusion, Major F. C. Faust, the Wing Intelligence Officer, noted that with the information available at the time, no definitive analysis could be made regarding the specific cause of the sighting.