Project 10073 Record: Sighting Report - Portland, Maine, 20 January 1968

This document contains a sighting report filed under Project 10073 regarding an incident on 20 January 1968 in Portland, Maine. The observer, a 9-year-old child, reported seeing an object with multi-colored lights that moved up and down for a duration of 2 to 10 minutes. The observer noted that the object was seen in the northeast. The report includes a questionnaire completed by the child, which contains hand-drawn sketches of the object and its movement. The child's mother provided a statement accompanying the report, expressing her belief that the sighting was a product of her son's active imagination, noting that he had been reading extensively about rockets and unidentified objects. The Air Force, specifically the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, reviewed the report and concluded that it was an 'unreliable report because of Age.' A letter from Colonel James C. Manatt, Director of Production, was sent to the observer, stating that the information provided was insufficient for a scientific investigation and requesting the completion of an AF Form 117. A handwritten note on the document indicates that Blue Book summaries were sent to the young boy on 21 March 1968.