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Project 10073 Record — Sighting Report, 22 June 1966

📅 22 June 1966 📍 Approx 200 NM East of Nashville, Tennessee 🏛 U.S. Air Force 📄 sighting_report
Project 10073UAPRegulusTennessee1966

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A 1966 U.S. Air Force sighting report details an encounter by two pilots who observed two star-like objects. The investigation concluded the objects were the star Regulus and a lunar reflection.

On June 22, 1966, at approximately 0315Z, two aircrew members—a pilot with 2000 flight hours and a co-pilot with 1000 flight hours—reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon while flying at 41,000 feet, 200 nautical miles east of Nashville, Tennessee. The observers reported seeing two star-like objects positioned relatively close together, lower and west of the moon, at an approximate 1:30-2:00 o'clock position from the nose of their aircraft. The objects were observed for 10 minutes while the aircraft maintained a magnetic heading of 245 degrees at 420 knots. The witnesses reported that the objects headed southwest toward the horizon, stopped twice, and performed fast movements before growing dimmer and disappearing. The official conclusion reached by the investigation, conducted by Captain Prichard, was that one of the objects was the star Regulus, while the second object was likely a reflection of the moon on the aircraft's windshield.

One object was the star Regulus, other was a possible reflection of the moon on the windshield of a/c.

Official Assessment

One object was the star Regulus, other was a possible reflection of the moon on the windshield of a/c.

The observers sighted two star-like objects. One was identified as the star Regulus, and the second was attributed to a possible reflection of the moon on the aircraft windshield.

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