Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record: Sighting in Security, Colorado, 22 March 1966
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AI-Generated Summary
A 15-year-old witness in Security, Colorado, reported a cigar-shaped, green aerial object on 22 March 1966. The Air Force investigated the report and concluded it was a meteor, potentially exacerbated by an optical illusion from a low-level temperature inversion.
This document contains the official Project Blue Book record for a sighting reported in Security, Colorado, on 22 March 1966. A 15-year-old male witness reported observing a cigar-shaped object, approximately the size of a car, moving from East to West at tree-top level. The object was described as dark green with a white rim, featuring a white tail exhaust and white lines on the top and bottom. The observation lasted 4-5 seconds before the object disappeared behind trees. The witness reported the event to local police on the same day. The Air Force subsequently contacted the witness, requesting further information via FTD Form 164. Internal military communications (AF IN 13008) categorized the report under AFR 200-2. Major Richard J. Ebel of Peterson Field provided a preliminary analysis, suggesting the sighting was an optical illusion caused by a slight low-level temperature inversion. The final conclusion recorded in the Project 10073 file identifies the object as a meteor.
Information received from the observer would indicated object was an optical illusion due to the slight low level inversion.
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Official Assessment
Astro (METEOR); Preliminary analysis: Information received from the observer would indicated object was an optical illusion due to the slight low level inversion.
The object was identified as a meteor, with the observer's report potentially influenced by a low-level temperature inversion causing an optical illusion.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Hector Quintanilla, Jr.Chief, Project Blue Book
- Richard J. EbelAsst Base Operations Officer