Project 10073 Record — Camden, Ohio, April 1967

This document consists of a Project Bluebook record and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported by a civilian in Camden, Ohio. The witness reported observing an object on April 3 and April 11, 1967, beginning at approximately 9:30 p.m. The witness described the object as a bright, low-hanging star that hovered at an undetermined height for about 45 minutes before assuming a reddish, pulsating glow and disappearing over the horizon in a northeasterly direction. The witness also noted that sheep in their barn became restless during the phenomenon and mentioned that others in Preble and Wayne counties had reported similar objects. In a response dated May 23, 1967, Lt. Colonel George P. Freeman, Jr. of the USAF Office of Information addressed the witness, explaining that the description was consistent with an astronomical observation of the planet Venus. Freeman noted that Venus, with a stellar magnitude of -3.5, was the brightest astronomical body in the sky at that time and that investigations had attributed a majority of similar sightings to the planet.