Project 10073 Record — Springfield, Virginia, 2 August 1966

This document is a Project 10073 record concerning a UFO sighting reported in Springfield, Virginia, on August 2, 1966. The report was submitted by a 12-year-old boy who observed a blue, saucer-shaped light for approximately 15 minutes. According to the witness, the object moved behind a cloud, performed a 90-degree turn, and then headed downward. The witness noted that the object made no sound. The official conclusion provided by the Air Force states that there was insufficient data for a definitive evaluation, but suggests that an aircraft landing on runway 12 at Dulles International Airport, located to the northwest of the observer, could account for the sighting. The witness also mentioned having seen a similar object previously in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in 1965. The report includes a completed U.S. Air Force technical information questionnaire, which details the witness's observations, including the weather conditions (scattered clouds and dry) and the lack of physical evidence or photographs.