Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — New Carlisle, Ohio, May 1966
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A civilian reported a bright light in the sky over New Carlisle, Ohio, on May 8, 1966. The Air Force concluded the sighting was the moon.
This document is a Project 10073 record detailing a civilian sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon in New Carlisle, Ohio, on May 8, 1966. The witness, a civilian, reported observing a bright light in the sky at 0035Z. The object remained in sight for a few minutes before disappearing behind scattered clouds. The witness noted that the object appeared as bright as the moon and was observed from a residential location. The witness reported the event to WHIO TV before it was processed by the Air Force. The official conclusion reached by the investigating authorities was that the object was the moon, noting that the moon would have been visible between the scattered clouds at the reported azimuth of 155 degrees and an elevation of 20 degrees.
From noted location of sighting in sky, the moon should have been visual between the scattered clouds.
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Official Assessment
Astro(Moon) 155 Az- 20 Elevation @ 0535Z
The observer reported a bright light in the sky at 0035. The object was visible for several minutes before disappearing behind clouds. The official conclusion is that the sighting was the moon, which should have been visible between the scattered clouds at the reported location.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian
Key Persons
- [illegible]Daughter of witness