Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Wheatridge, Colorado, 27 Feb 67
AI-Generated Summary
A civilian in Wheatridge, Colorado, reported a long, wingless, windowed object with flashing lights on February 27, 1967. The Air Force concluded the object was an aircraft.
This document is a Project 10073 record detailing a UFO sighting reported on February 27, 1967, in Wheatridge, Colorado. A single civilian witness observed an object for approximately four to five minutes, including one minute through a telescope. The witness described the object as long and narrow with a white outline, two flashing red lights on both ends, and an exceedingly large rotating white light in the center. Notably, the witness reported a long row of windows that appeared longer than those on a commercial jet airliner, though the object lacked wings. The sighting occurred at night under clear, windless conditions at an estimated altitude of 500 feet. The object was observed moving in a straight, level, easterly flight path before disappearing behind houses. The official conclusion reached by Major Edward E. Viger of the Lowry Technical Air Training Center was that the object was an aircraft, noting that no data was presented to suggest it could not have been one.
Long row of windows appeared longer than commercial jet airlinger, but without wings.
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Official Assessment
AIRCRAFT. No data presented to indicate object could not have been an aircraft
The object was identified as an aircraft based on the witness description of a long, narrow object with a row of windows, despite the lack of wings.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian