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Project 10073 Record — Johnstown, Pennsylvania, September 1967

📅 September 16, 1967 📍 Johnstown, Pennsylvania 🏛 Department of the Air Force 📄 Correspondence and Sighting Record
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A 1967 UFO sighting report from Johnstown, PA, was filed too late for Air Force investigation. The case was officially closed as 'Insufficient Data'.

This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding a UFO sighting reported by a 10th-grade student in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The witness observed a bright light on the night of September 16, 1967, which appeared to rise vertically and follow a satellite. According to the witness, the object gained speed, caught up to the satellite, and then both objects disappeared. The witness provided a hand-drawn sketch illustrating the path of the object relative to the satellite. The Air Force responded to the witness on May 24, 1968, stating that because the report was not submitted until February 1968, it was too old to investigate. The official conclusion of the Air Force was that the case was classified as 'Insufficient Data' because it was not reported within the required 30-day window, and the report lacked essential information such as detailed flight characteristics, angular velocities, or weather data.

The observer noticed a bright light that seemed to be following a satellite. The light caught up to the satellite and suddenly both disappeared.

Official Assessment

The sighting was not submitted until February 1968 at which time it was too old to investigate. In accordance with present policy the sighting is being carried as Insuf Data because it was not reported to the Air Force within 30 days.

The Air Force determined that the report was submitted too late for a scientific investigation to be conducted.

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