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PROJECT 10073 RECORD - Knox City, Missouri - 29 Jan 67

📅 29 Jan 67 📍 Knox City, Missouri 📄 sighting_report
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A 1967 sighting report from Knox City, Missouri, describes a reddish, spherical object observed for 30 minutes. Project 10073 investigators concluded the object was the moon.

This document is a Project 10073 record concerning a UFO sighting reported in Knox City, Missouri, on January 29, 1967. The report includes a formal summary and analysis, a personal letter from a witness, and two drawings of the object. The witness, who was with their 18-year-old son, described observing a reddish-colored object rising slowly in the eastern sky for approximately 30 minutes. The witness noted that the object appeared flat on the top and bottom, changed from a reddish color to a yellow-orange, and featured a ring of thruster-type engines that emitted a reddish glow. The witness also described the object as having a ridge around its middle and appearing to be made of fiberglass. The official conclusion reached by the project investigators was that the object was the moon. The report notes that at 2200CST, the moon would have been in the approximate location of the reported UFO, and it is concluded that the witnesses observed the moon rising in the eastern sky.

The witnesses reported that they could see a ring of thruster type engines that burned with a reddish glow.

Official Assessment

Astro(Moon). At the time of the sighting the moon was at an elevation of 10 deg and on an azimuth of 97 deg.

The observers initially thought the object was the moon but later questioned this. Analysis indicates that at 2200CST the moon would have been in the approximate location of the alleged UFO, leading to the conclusion that the witnesses observed the moon rising in the eastern sky.

Witnesses

Key Persons