Project 10073 Record: Sighting in Finlayson, Minnesota, 7 October 1966

This document contains a Project Blue Book record regarding a UFO sighting reported in Finlayson, Minnesota, on 7 October 1966. The report, filed under Project 10073, details a civilian observation of a single, oval-shaped, white object that appeared to be three times the size of the full moon. The object was described as stationary, located fifteen to twenty degrees above the horizon in the southern sky, and was observed for approximately 20 minutes. The witness noted that the object was pulsating and, at times, displayed multi-colored lights at its base. The observer left the scene to retrieve a witness, but upon returning, the object had disappeared. The weather conditions were reported as clear and quiet with no moon. The intelligence officer for the 29th Air Division, James Lund, who was also the editor of the Askov American newspaper, documented the event and suggested that the phenomenon might be explained by ball lightning if it were not a lunar-related misidentification. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that there was insufficient data for a definitive evaluation. The document includes a formal letter from Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of Project Blue Book, requesting that the witness complete an FTD Form 164 to provide further details.