Project 10073 Record: UFO Sighting, 23 March 1966, Fort Bragg, California

This document collection details the investigation of a UFO sighting reported on 23 March 1966, near the Point Cabrillo Coast Guard Light Station in California. The initial report, filed by personnel at the station including Engineman 2nd Carl Fullenwider, described four bright, erratic lights observed over a period of three and a half hours. The witnesses reported the lights were white, tinged with red and green, and remained generally stationary at an elevation of 25 to 30 degrees. An RC-121 aircraft was diverted to the area to investigate, but no sighting was made by the flight crew. The Foreign Technology Division (FTD) of the Air Force Systems Command requested and received photographic evidence, consisting of two color slides and two prints taken by the witnesses using an Olympus 35mm camera. The subsequent photo analysis, conducted by Intelligence Research Specialist Thomas E. Davis and approved by Major William L. Turner and Wilber Price, Jr., concluded that the imagery was inconclusive but likely depicted the Point Cabrillo lighthouse and its associated structures. Furthermore, the FTD concluded that the visual descriptions provided by the witnesses were consistent with astronomical observations, specifically identifying the objects as the stars Sirius, Capella, Arcturus, and the planet Jupiter. The case was closed with the determination that astronomical bodies were responsible for the sighting.