Project 10073 Record: Sighting in Rolla, Missouri

This document contains a series of records regarding UFO sightings reported by a civilian in Rolla, Missouri, in September and October 1965. The witness reported observing a white light moving to the northeast on the night of September 15 or 16, 1965. During this observation, a red, narrow object with a red aura approached the white object, traveled toward the northwest, and disappeared and reappeared several times. The witness reported a second sighting on October 4, 1965, where she and her husband observed the same white object moving to the northeast. The witness suggested that the objects were too high to be aircraft and that their lights were steady. She conjectured that the red object might be a re-entering satellite capsule. The Air Force, specifically the TDEW/UFO office, responded to the witness's inquiry. They checked satellite schedules for the night of October 4 and determined that while Pegasus I was in the area, it was moving southeast, not northeast. The Air Force concluded that the white object was likely a star or planet and that the red object was possibly a high-flying aircraft or a satellite, though they noted that without specific time and date data, a definitive identification could not be made. They provided the witness with a list of visible satellites and a brochure explaining the Air Force's project on unidentified flying objects.