Project 10073 Record — Sighting Report, 27 January 1968

This document contains a record of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sighting reported on January 27, 1968, by a United Air Lines pilot flying at 37,000 feet. The observer described the object as resembling a baseball bat, with a glowing white nose and a blue-white tail. The object was observed descending at a 30-degree angle in a northwesterly direction. During the observation, which lasted approximately three to four seconds, the witness reported that two glowing blue-white balls were ejected from the sides of the object, which then appeared to disintegrate. The pilot attempted to verify the object using the aircraft's radar, but no echo was detected. The investigation, conducted by Captain Richard B. Kennah of the USAF, included inquiries with Truax Field and the Chicago Traffic Control Center, neither of which had records of other sightings in the area at that time. The official conclusion reached by the investigating officer was that the object was likely an experimental balloon that burst shortly after being sighted, though the initial project record also noted the description was consistent with a bolide.