Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Guadalupe, Arizona, 25 October 1966
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1966 UFO sighting in Guadalupe, Arizona, was investigated by the 3525th Pilot Training Wing. The report concluded the object was likely an airplane landing at Sky Harbor Municipal airport.
On 25 October 1966, at 0520Z, multiple witnesses in Guadalupe, Arizona, observed an unidentified aerial object for approximately 15 minutes. The primary witness, a 21-year-old female, described the object as oblong-shaped, roughly the size of a nickel, and white in color, noting it was not as bright as the moon. The object reportedly approached from the north with a visible tail, which disappeared when the object came to a stop. It then moved north again at a slow rate. The witness's 17-year-old brother also observed the object. The investigating officer from the 3525th Pilot Training Wing at Williams AFB interviewed the witnesses and concluded that the sighting was likely an airplane flying an extended landing pattern for Sky Harbor Municipal airport, located four miles northwest of the sighting location. The officer noted that the witnesses appeared unreliable and that the primary witness lacked a professional background in this type of observation.
An airplane flying an extended landing pattern would present the same path which she described.
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Official Assessment
An airplane flying an extended landing pattern would present the same path which she described.
The investigating officer concluded that the sighting was likely an airplane approaching Sky Harbor Municipal airport, which is located approximately four miles northwest of Guadalupe.