Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Joliet, Illinois, 12 October 1967
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A 1967 Project 10073 report from Joliet, Illinois, documenting a civilian sighting of a hovering white light. The Air Force concluded the object was possibly an aircraft.
This document is a Project 10073 record detailing a civilian sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon in Joliet, Illinois, on October 12, 1967. The witness, a 14-year-old male, reported observing a single object that appeared as a white light, comparable in brightness to a star. According to the witness, the object was initially hovering before it began to move and eventually disappeared. The duration of the observation was approximately five minutes. The witness noted that the object made no sound and, when asked to describe it, compared it to '4 bright stars put together.' The witness also provided a sketch showing the object with a red end and a green end, moving in a southerly direction. The weather was described as dry and partly cloudy. The official conclusion recorded on the form is 'Possible (AIRCRAFT).'
When I seen it It stood still then it started to move then it DISAPPERED.
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Official Assessment
Possible (AIRCRAFT)
The observer reported a white light, similar in brightness to a star, which hovered before moving and disappearing. The official conclusion reached by the project was that the object was possibly an aircraft.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian