Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Cheltenham, Maryland, 12 February 1967
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A sighting report from Cheltenham, Maryland, on February 12, 1967, describing a red, blinking object. The U.S. Air Force concluded the object was likely an aircraft.
On February 12, 1967, at approximately 0200Z, a witness in Cheltenham, Maryland, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witness, who was preparing for a deployment to Iceland, reported seeing a red object that displayed colors of the spectrum. The object was described as resembling a railroad signal, with one side blinking then the other, and the lights appearing to overlap. The witness observed the object for approximately four minutes as it traveled in a west-southwest direction. According to the report, the object moved in a straight course before fading out of sight due to distance. The witness noted that no sound was heard during the observation. The weather conditions were reported as clear and dry. The witness completed the U.S. Air Force technical information questionnaire on February 22, 1967, stating that they had never seen anything like it in their life. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 form states that there was no data presented to indicate the object could not have been an aircraft.
Object looked like a railroad signal with one side blinking then the other, but they overlapped.
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Official Assessment
No data presented to indicate object could not have been an A/C.
The object was identified as an aircraft based on the lack of evidence to the contrary.