Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record: Sighting Report - Farmville, Virginia, 24 July 1966
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A Virginia Deputy Sheriff reported a hovering, B-29-sized object with red and green lights on July 24, 1966. The Air Force deemed the initial report insufficient and requested further documentation.
This document contains records regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting reported by Deputy Sheriff D.S. Childress of Prince Edward County, Virginia, on July 24, 1966. According to the report, the witness observed a domed, B-29-sized object hovering approximately 80 feet above the ground about 20 miles south of Farmville, Virginia, between 0120 and 0134 local time. The object was described as having red lights on top and green lights on the bottom, and it emitted no sound. The witness noted that the object was capable of moving in any direction and eventually rose vertically until it was out of sight. The witness also reported that he was attracted to the object by a beam of light emanating from it. The report was initially received by an MP at Camp Pickett and subsequently forwarded to the 33rd Air Division and the Foreign Technology Division (FTD). Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of Project Blue Book, later wrote to the witness stating that the information provided was insufficient for a full evaluation and requested that he complete an FTD Form 164. The file includes a hand-drawn sketch of the flight path, which was described by 1st Lt. Wayne J. C. Senn as representing a 'swaying motion of flight.'
The afore mentioned flight path is represented by the shaky lines and are supposed to represent the swaying motion of flight.
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Official Assessment
The object was described as a domed, B-29-sized craft with red and green lights that hovered 80 feet above the ground before rising vertically. The Air Force requested further information via FTD Form 164 as the initial report was deemed insufficient for evaluation.
Witnesses
- D.S. ChildressDeputy SheriffPrince Edward County Sheriff Department
Key Persons
- Wayne J. WunnamakerMP at Camp Pickett
- Hector Quintanilla, Jr.Major, USAF, Chief, Project Blue Book