Project 10073 Record — Cincinnati, Ohio, 5 April 1966

This document contains the Project Blue Book record for a UFO sighting reported by a Roman Catholic priest on April 5, 1966, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The observer, who was on his way to offer mass, reported seeing a bright orange, pancake-shaped object with a bulge on top hovering 2,000 to 3,000 feet above the ground for approximately 25 seconds. He noted that the object then moved away at a great speed and disappeared behind a horizon of trees. The observer, who was studying psychology at Xavier University, explicitly stated he was skeptical of such reports and initially thought the object might be a plane reflecting the sun, but concluded it did not fit the characteristics of a known aircraft. The Air Force investigation, led by Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., initially classified the case as 'Insufficient Data' due to the observer's failure to return a completed FTD Form 164. Later records in the file suggest a tentative conclusion of 'Aircraft,' noting it was likely an aircraft reflecting sunlight, despite the observer's insistence that the object appeared to be its own light source. The file includes correspondence between the Air Force and the observer, as well as the observer's detailed questionnaire and sketches of the object.