Project Blue Book Sighting Report — Urbana, Ohio, March 1966

This document contains a Project Blue Book sighting report from a civilian in Urbana, Ohio, regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed in early March 1966. The witness, a supervisor at Grimes Manufacturing Company who claimed familiarity with aircraft lighting, reported seeing a bright, bluish-white, glowing ball that appeared stationary in the south-southeast sky at approximately 02:34. The witness's wife reportedly first noticed the object after being awakened by a 'slite hum.' The witness estimated the object to be about three times the size of Jupiter and observed it for 15 minutes. The witness initially suspected it might be Jupiter, but noted that it was much brighter and larger than expected, and it was not visible the following night. The witness submitted a questionnaire and a letter to the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in October 1966. In response, Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of Project Blue Book, informed the witness that the case was categorized as 'insufficient data for evaluation.' The Air Force noted that the only astronomical body in that part of the sky during March was the star Antares, which is reddish in color and inconsistent with the witness's description of a blue-white object. The file includes the original FTD form, the witness's correspondence, and the Air Force's proposed reply.