Project 10073 Record: Sighting Report — Kansas City, Missouri, 23 January 1967

This document consists of a series of official Air Force staff messages regarding a UFO sighting reported on January 23, 1967, in Kansas City, Missouri. The witness, a 24-year-old medical student, observed a round, green-glowing object with a red center while looking out of a picture window in his apartment. The object was described as having a halo, being approximately three-fourths the size of a thumb held at arm's length, and moving in a level flight path before descending and disappearing. The duration of the sighting was estimated at one second. The report includes detailed meteorological data for the area, noting high, thin overcast conditions. Military intelligence officers from the 328th Fighter Wing at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base investigated the report, including checking with the FAA and local radar facilities (TRACON), which reported no targets in the area. Despite the investigation, the official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 form is that the object was an 'Astro(meteor)', noting that the description was consistent with a meteor observation. However, the internal staff message from the Wing Intelligence Officer, Major F. C. Faust, explicitly states that with the information available at that level, no definitive analysis could be made regarding the cause of the sighting.