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Project 10073 Record — Plymouth, Ohio, July 1966

📅 July 1966 📍 Plymouth, Ohio 🏛 Project 10073 📄 sighting_report
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A 15-year-old student and his father reported a brilliant white, solid object in the sky over Plymouth, Ohio, in July 1966. The sighting was observed through a telescope, but the official military evaluation concluded there was insufficient data to identify the object.

This document is a Project 10073 record detailing a UFO sighting that occurred in July 1966 in Plymouth, Ohio. The primary witness, a 15-year-old male student at Plymouth High School, observed the object alongside his father. The witness reported observing a single, solid object that appeared as a 'brilliant white light' with 'sharply defined edges' through a 4 1/4 inch reflector telescope at 45x magnification. The observation lasted approximately 1.5 minutes. The witness noted that the object did not flicker, throb, or pulsate, and made no sound. Based on his observations, the witness estimated the object's speed to be between 500 and 750 mph and its altitude to be between 50,000 and 75,000 feet. The witness also provided a diagram of the object's flight path and noted that the weather was clear, dry, and warm with no wind. The official conclusion recorded on the document is 'INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION'.

It was a brilliant white light.

Official Assessment

INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION

The sighting was reported by a 15-year-old student and his father in Plymouth, Ohio. The object was observed for 1.5 minutes through a 4 1/4 inch reflector telescope at 45x magnification. The witness described it as a brilliant white light with sharply defined edges, moving at an estimated speed between 500 and 750 mph at an altitude of 50,000 to 75,000 feet.

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