Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Sighting Report, Dayton, Ohio, 19 April 1966
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AI-Generated Summary
A sighting report from Dayton, Ohio, on April 19, 1966, involving a brilliant red-to-orange light observed by two witnesses. The official conclusion of the Foreign Technology Division was that the object was an aircraft.
This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting in Dayton, Ohio, on April 19, 1966. The report includes multiple questionnaires completed by witnesses, including a 16-year-old male and a 22-year-old male. The witnesses reported observing a brilliant, red-colored object that appeared to be about the size of a match head at arm's length. The object was described as moving toward the northeast at a speed slower than an aircraft. One witness noted that the color changed to orange toward the end of the observation. The object was observed for several minutes before disappearing behind a building. Weather conditions were reported as dry with scattered clouds. The witnesses confirmed that there was no sound associated with the object. The official analysis provided in the record concludes that the description is consistent with that of an aircraft.
Description is consistent with that of an aircraft.
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Official Assessment
Description is consistent with that of an aircraft.
The object was observed by multiple witnesses in Dayton, Ohio, on April 19, 1966. The object was described as a brilliant light, red in color, changing to orange, and moving slower than an aircraft. It was observed for several minutes before disappearing behind a building. The official conclusion is that the description is consistent with an aircraft.