Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Sighting in Garrett, Indiana, 15 September 1966
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1966 sighting in Garrett, Indiana, involving two witnesses who observed a bright orange-reddish light. The U.S. Air Force concluded it was a possible aircraft.
This document contains the records of a UFO sighting reported by a civilian in Garrett, Indiana, on September 15, 1966. The witness, a 13-year-old male, observed a bright orange-reddish object traveling toward the north for approximately 20 seconds. The witness described the object as appearing like a flashlight with a red bulb. The sighting was reported to the U.S. Air Force, which initially found the provided information insufficient for evaluation, as evidenced by a letter dated September 27, 1966, from Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of Project Blue Book, requesting the witness complete an FTD Form 164. The completed form and the Project 10073 record indicate that there were two witnesses to the event. The final conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the object was a 'Possible (AIRCRAFT),' noting that there was no data presented to indicate the object could not have been an aircraft.
No data presented to indicate object could not have been an A/C.
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Official Assessment
Possible (AIRCRAFT). No data presented to indicate object could not have been an A/C.
The object was identified as a possible aircraft based on the observer's description of a bright orange-reddish light moving north for 20 seconds, which the observer compared to a flashlight with a red bulb.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian
Key Persons
- Hector Quintanilla, Jr.Chief, Project Blue Book