Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Corpus Christi, Texas, 16 September 1966
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A 14-year-old witness in Corpus Christi, Texas, reported a pulsating white-blue light on 16 September 1966. The Air Force investigation concluded the object was likely a satellite.
This document is a Project 10073 record detailing a UFO sighting reported in Corpus Christi, Texas, on 16 September 1966. The report was filed by the Headquarters 3640th Pilot Training Wing (ATC) on 19 September 1966. The witness, a 14-year-old civilian, observed a single, round, white-blue pulsating light overhead. The object was visible for approximately five minutes, traveling in a northeasterly direction before curving east over the Gulf and fading from view. The observer reported no sound, and there was no physical evidence or photographic documentation of the event. Weather conditions at the time included scattered cloud layers and thunderstorms to the northwest with cloud-to-cloud lightning. The investigating officer, AC2 Farinelli, concluded that the sighting was likely a satellite, noting that the description was consistent with such an observation. The report was signed by Captain Eugene I. Halbach of the USAF.
Description is consistent with that of a satellite observation.
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Official Assessment
Possible (SATELLITE). Description is consistent with that of a satellite observation.
The object was identified as a possible satellite based on its appearance and movement.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian
Key Persons
- FarinelliPreparing officer
- Eugene I. HalbachChief, Operations Plans Branch