Project 10073 Record — Sighting in Ramona, California, 12 August 1965

This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding a UFO sighting reported by a civilian in Ramona, California, on August 12, 1965. The witness, a 67-year-old woman, reported observing a white, saucer-like object that she described as resembling a doughnut, approximately 6 to 8 feet in diameter. She noted that the object was flat on the bottom with rounded sides, appeared to be illuminated from within, and traveled in a straight line from the southwest to the northeast at a high rate of speed before disappearing into a cloud. The witness reported the sighting after reading an article about UFOs in Popular Science. The Air Force investigation, led by Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., concluded that there was insufficient data for a definitive evaluation, suggesting the object could have been a meteor or a contrail. The file includes the original correspondence from the Air Force to the witness, the completed FTD Form 164, and internal notes from Major Quintanilla regarding the case, which he categorized as 'unknown' due to the meager data and the fact that it was a single-witness report.