Project 10073 Record — Newcomerstown, Ohio, July 1967

This document is a Project 10073 record concerning a UFO sighting reported in Newcomerstown, Ohio, on July 27, 1967. The report includes a completed U.S. Air Force technical information questionnaire, correspondence between the Foreign Technology Division and the witness, and handwritten analytical notes. The witness, along with their son, observed a single object for approximately 10 seconds. The object was described as round in the middle with lights at the top, bottom, and both sides, resembling a cross, and was purple-gray in color. The witness noted that while the body of the object moved, the lights remained stationary. The object traveled from the SSE to the NW. The Air Force investigation, led by Major Quintanilla, initially faced a discrepancy regarding the date of the sighting, which was clarified by the witness as the early morning of July 27, 1967. Analytical notes attached to the file include mathematical calculations estimating the object's size at 200 feet and speed at 15 mph, based on the witness's angular distance observations. The final conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the object was a 'Possible AIRCRAFT,' stating that there was no data to indicate it could not have been an aircraft and that the light configuration did not conflict with that of an aircraft.