Project 10073 Record — Sighting Report, Middletown, Ohio, 4 October 1966

This document contains a Project Blue Book record regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting reported by two witnesses in Middletown, Ohio, on the morning of October 4, 1966. The witnesses, aged 11 and 15, observed approximately 31 objects from the Roosevelt Junior High track between 05:30 and 06:30 AM. They described the objects as bright white lights that appeared to be in a perfect formation. The objects were observed moving west, turning left, stopping, and then moving north. The witnesses noted that the objects would go in and out of the clouds and that the center object would flash on and off. They compared the brightness of the objects to a 100-watt light bulb without a shade. The witnesses reported no sound. Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of Project Blue Book, initially requested that the witnesses complete a formal questionnaire. Following the investigation, the Air Force contacted Base Operations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to check for aircraft in the area at the time of the sighting. Base Operations confirmed that two KC-135 aircraft arrived at the base on the morning of October 4, but at different times, and no other aircraft formations were known to be in the area. The final conclusion recorded by the project was that the sighting was likely caused by birds, noting that the description provided by the witnesses was consistent with reports often attributed to bird formations.