Project 10073 Record: Sighting Report - Girard, Ohio, 6 August 1966

This document contains a Project Blue Book record regarding a sighting reported by a civilian in Girard, Ohio, on August 6, 1966. The witness observed a long, cylindrical object in the southwestern sky for approximately five seconds. The object was described as having a dark red vapor with a brownish tinge and streaks of white, resembling a candle flame. The witness noted that the object was silent and compared its appearance to a jet exhaust trail, though significantly longer and different in color composition. The witness estimated the object's speed to be comparable to a rocket entering orbit and its altitude between 3,000 and 10,000 feet. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the object was an 'Astro (METEOR)'. The file also includes a separate, unrelated report from August 9, 1966, regarding a witness in Dayton, Ohio, who reported blinking red lights over a tavern. This second incident was investigated and determined to be a B-52 aircraft (tail #56701) approaching Patterson field, with the blinking light identified as the aircraft's rotating beacon. A letter from Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., dated August 12, 1966, acknowledges the witness's reports of July 7 and August 6, 1966, and requests further information via attached forms.