Project 10073 Record — Tucson, Arizona, March 1967

This document contains two separate Project 10073 records and associated Air Force incoming messages regarding UFO sightings in Tucson, Arizona, in March 1967. The first incident, occurring on March 17, 1967, involved a civilian observer who reported a large light with a ring and a smaller light below it, moving from north to south before turning east and disappearing. The second incident, on March 25, 1967, involved a student observer who reported a round, slightly elongated object, approximately 20 feet in diameter, with the color of fire, moving from the northwest to the southeast. In both instances, the Air Force investigated the reports. Major Richard D. Rush, the Base Operations Officer at Davis-Monthan AFB, provided analysis for these sightings. For the first incident, base personnel suggested the object was likely an aircraft landing light. For the second, the conclusion was that the object was likely a cloud reflecting light over the city. The reports emphasize that no aircraft were in the Davis-Monthan traffic pattern at the time of the first sighting, yet the observed flight paths in both cases were noted to closely approximate conventional traffic patterns at the base. The documents include detailed meteorological data, observer locations, and descriptions of the objects, ultimately categorizing the events as likely conventional phenomena.