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Project 10073 Record — Sighting in Carmel, California, October 4, 1967

📅 October 4, 1967 📍 Carmel, California 🏛 Foreign Technology Division (FTD) 📄 Sighting report and internal correspondence
CarmelCalifornia1967sightingmeteorsatellite decayForeign Technology DivisionProject 10073

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TL;DR

A 1967 sighting of an oval, bright white object in Carmel, California, was investigated by the Foreign Technology Division. The official conclusion was 'insufficient data,' with meteor or satellite decay suggested as potential explanations.

This document contains a record of an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting reported on October 4, 1967, in the Carmel area of California. A witness, whose name is redacted, reported observing an oval-shaped object with an extremely bright white light and a brilliant white vapor trail at 4:30 A.M. The object was observed for approximately 30 seconds as it traveled west over the ocean. The witness later compared notes with a local fisherman who had also observed the object and was reportedly shocked by the experience. The report was processed by the Foreign Technology Division (FTD) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr. concluded that there was insufficient data to identify the object, noting that it might have been a meteor or related to one of four satellite decays that occurred on that date. The documentation includes internal correspondence between Major Quintanilla and Captain Bruce W. Lake of the 78th Fighter Wing at Hamilton Air Force Base, directing that the sighting be handled according to Air Force regulations 80-17 and 80-17a.

Observer sighted an object that was "oval shaped, with extremely bright white light eminating from the outline of the saucer shape".

Official Assessment

The object appears to have been a meteor but there is not enough data for an evaluation. There were also 4 satellite decays on this date.

The sighting was determined to have insufficient data for a definitive evaluation, with meteor activity or satellite decay suggested as possibilities.

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