Project 10073 Record — Cabot, Arkansas, 22 May 1967

This document is a formal Air Force staff message reporting a UFO sighting that occurred on May 22, 1967, in Cabot, Arkansas. The report, filed under Project 10073, details the testimony of a 46-year-old male witness who observed an object for one hour and forty minutes while looking out of a window. The witness described the object as a large, bluish-white, spoon-shaped light, approximately five times the size of a star, with distinct lights on the top and bottom. The object was positioned in the north-northwest sky, roughly 40 degrees above the horizon, and was observed moving in a northwesterly direction. The report includes detailed meteorological data for the area at the time of the sighting. The investigating officer, Mathew F. Lewonowski, concluded that the object was likely the planet Venus, noting that Venus was at an azimuth of 284 degrees and an elevation of 18 degrees at the time of the sighting. The officer further suggested the witness may have observed a planet or a satellite in orbit, stating that any other explanation was unexplainable.