Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Huntington, W. Va., May 1966
AI-Generated Summary
A civilian reported a UFO sighting in Huntington, West Virginia, in May 1966. The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data to evaluate the report.
This document contains a Project Blue Book record regarding a civilian sighting of an unidentified object in Huntington, West Virginia, in May 1966. The witness reported observing a single object that exhibited varied behavior and flight paths. The witness described the object as a bright ball of light, noting it was not a star, helicopter, or plane, and that it was high over the hills of Ohio, visible from Huntington across the Ohio Bridge at approximately 9:07. The official Air Force conclusion for the incident was that there was insufficient data for evaluation. The file includes a response from Colonel Eric T. de Jonckheere of the USAF to the witness, explaining that the Air Force does not possess photographs of UFOs and that all submitted photographs are evaluated for conventional explanations such as natural phenomena, lens flares, or processing defects. The correspondence also includes a FTD Form 164 for the witness to officially report the sighting.
It looked like a bright ball of light... But it was neither a star nor helicopter, nor plane.
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Official Assessment
INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data to evaluate the sighting and noted that they do not possess photographs of UFOs.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian
Key Persons
- Mrs. HuntHq USAF SAFOICC