Project 10073 Record — Sighting in Perry, Georgia, 18 August 1966

This document contains the official record and correspondence regarding an Unidentified Flying Object sighting reported near Perry, Georgia, on 18 August 1966. The witness, a civilian supply clerk at Robins Air Force Base, observed a single object at approximately 2030 hours. The object was described as appearing initially as a semi-circle or one-quarter moon shape, which then changed into a ball shape. It was estimated to be the size of a basketball, bright orange in color, and lacked any tail, trail, or exhaust. The object traveled from the northwest to the southeast at an estimated speed of 10 miles per hour before fading out after seven minutes. The investigation was conducted by Mr. Robert T. Barrett of the Security and Law Enforcement Division at Robins AFB. The investigation included inquiries with the 1926th Communications Squadron and the Macon Municipal Airport to determine if any aircraft or weather balloons were in the area at the time of the sighting; both sources confirmed no such activity. Weather conditions were noted as slightly cloudy with calm surface winds. Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of Project Blue Book, subsequently sent a letter to the witness on 9 September 1966, stating that the information received was insufficient for a formal evaluation and requesting that the witness complete an FTD Form 164 for further analysis. The final conclusion recorded in the project file is that there was insufficient data for evaluation and no positive identification could be made.