Project Blue Book Sighting Report — Bradford, Ohio, 4 November 1966

This document contains a Project Blue Book sighting report regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on November 4, 1966, in Bradford, Ohio. The report includes a formal letter from Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of Project Blue Book, addressed to the witness, requesting further information via an attached FTD Form 164, as the initial report was deemed insufficient for evaluation. The witness, a 16-year-old male who identified himself as a class president and member of the Future Scientists of America, provided detailed responses to the questionnaire. He described observing a single, dull white object with a faint orange cast traveling from east to west. The witness noted that the object appeared to be at an altitude higher than normal jets and made no sound during the observation. The duration of the sighting was estimated at four to five minutes. The witness further described the object's motion, noting that it stopped and then accelerated. Regarding its angular size, the witness stated that five such objects could fit onto a match head held at arm's length. The weather conditions were reported as a clear sky with snow on the ground. The witness explicitly stated that he did not see the object disappear or move behind clouds. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the sighting was consistent with an aircraft observation.