Project 10073 Record — Kirksville, Missouri, 6 March 1967

This document consists of a series of incoming Air Force staff messages regarding a UFO sighting in Kirksville, Missouri, on 6 March 1967. The report details observations made by multiple witnesses, including a sociology teacher and a 1st Lieutenant from the 790th Radar Squadron. The witnesses observed a bright, star-like object in the western sky for over an hour. When viewed with binoculars, the object was described as having a fuzzy, golf-ball-like shape that appeared to spin and change color from white/yellow to pinkish-blue and burnt orange. The object exhibited erratic movement, including turns to the south and north-northwest, and was pursued by observers in a vehicle along Highway 6. The reporting officer, 1st Lt. William E. Alt, expressed significant interest in the sighting, noting that it was part of a pattern of similar reports in the Kirksville area, all occurring in close proximity to Forest Lake. Despite the investigator's inability to attribute the phenomena to known or natural causes based on his own observations, the official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 form identifies the object as the planet Venus, suggesting that the reported movement was an overestimation by the observers. The document includes detailed weather data, witness information, and requests for further investigative direction from the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.