UFO Observation Report — Nashville, Tennessee, 21 September 1967

This document contains a collection of records related to a UFO sighting reported in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 21, 1967. The primary witness, a 14-year-old male, reported observing two orange, glowing objects in the southern sky shortly after dusk, at approximately 7:19 P.M. The witness described the objects as being about the size of a medium-sized star and noted that they traveled in a series of dips, with one object moving in a westerly direction and the other in an easterly direction. The witness explicitly stated that the objects made no sound and were not meteors, aircraft, or swamp gas. The witness also noted that there were five other witnesses to the event. The Air Force, through the Aerial Phenomena Branch (Project Blue Book), initiated an investigation, sending multiple requests for the witness to complete formal reporting forms (AF Form 117 and FTD Form 164). The witness provided detailed responses, including sketches of the objects' paths and their appearance. The official conclusion recorded in the project file suggests that the observer likely sighted two satellites, with one being in a retrograde orbit. The file includes correspondence from Colonel James C. Manatt of the Foreign Technology Division, as well as the completed technical information questionnaires provided by the witness.