Project 10073 Record — Kansas City, Kansas, 18 March 1966

This document consists of a Project 10073 record and an associated Department of the Air Force incoming message regarding a UFO sighting reported on 18 March 1966 in Kansas City, Kansas. The report involves three witnesses, including a housewife and two children, who observed a round object with a blinking light on top, described as being the size of a large star. The object was observed hovering, moving up and down, and traveling north at an upward angle before disappearing. The observers reported the event occurred near 47th and State Line Road. Military intelligence officers, including Major F. C. Faust, investigated the report. They consulted with SCADS and local air traffic control, confirming that there was no military or civilian air traffic in the immediate vicinity that could account for the sighting. Weather conditions were noted as clear and windy with a ground inversion extending to 5,000 feet. The official conclusion provided in the Project 10073 record identifies the object as the planet Jupiter, citing its position and magnitude, and suggests the ground inversion may have contributed to the visual phenomenon. Despite this, the intelligence message notes that with the information available at that level, no definitive analysis could be made regarding the cause of the sighting.