UFO Report — Holland, Missouri, 8 March 1967

On 8 March 1967, a 16-year-old grocery store employee in Holland, Missouri, reported observing a triangle-shaped object larger than an airplane. The witness, who was driving on Highway 61, described the object as having a blinking red light and three or four white lights. The object reportedly remained stationary while two other objects maneuvered around it. The sighting lasted approximately 20 minutes. The witness later provided an 8mm film of the event to the 97th Combat Support Group at Blytheville Air Force Base. The film was forwarded to the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for analysis. Photographic analysis concluded that the film was essentially blank, containing only two small, circular bright spots, and provided no evidence of the object. The Air Force concluded that the most probable cause of the sighting was a KC-135 aircraft from the 97th Air Refueling Squadron, which was conducting simulated instrument approach landings in the area at the time. The report notes that observations of B-52 and KC-135 aircraft during approach and landing have caused many UFO sightings around the Blytheville AFB area. The witness was informed by the Office of Information in May 1967 that the film did not contain photography of the object and that the film was being returned.