Project 10073 Record: Sighting at Camp Pendleton, 21 April 1966

This document collection details a series of reports regarding an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) sighted at Camp Pendleton, California, on the morning of April 21, 1966. Multiple military personnel, including members of the Military Police Company and the Provost Marshal's Office, reported observing a large, pale green, fluorescent object in the sky over the Lake O'Neill area starting at approximately 0420 hours. Witnesses described the object as initially appearing in a 'horseshoe' shape, which then transitioned into an 'exclamation mark,' a 'teardrop' shape, and eventually a 'jointed ball and cue stick' form. The object was reported to be silent, spinning in a circular motion, and remaining relatively stationary before eventually fading as daylight approached. The sighting lasted for approximately 50 minutes to one hour. Several witnesses, including Staff Sergeant M. A. Moak and Corporal C. A. Bassett, provided written statements detailing their observations. The reports were forwarded through the U.S. Naval Investigative Service Office and the Fifteenth Air Force to the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Official conclusions from the military investigation suggested the phenomenon was a 'possible meteor contrail.' Despite the detailed accounts from multiple witnesses, the Fifteenth Air Force determined that further investigation would be unproductive due to the time elapsed since the incident.