Project 10073 Record: UFO Observation, Edwards AFB, 6 February 1968

This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding a UFO sighting reported at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on 6 February 1968. The primary witness, a surface weather observer with 13 years of experience, reported observing a brilliant, stationary light in the southern sky from 0050 hours until 0700 hours, when it disappeared due to daylight. The witness noted that the object appeared to be approximately five times brighter than Venus and exhibited a 4-5 degree oscillation. The witness, who was on duty at the time, reported the sighting to a base operations dispatcher, who contacted George Air Force Base; the sighting was reportedly confirmed by personnel at that location. The official Air Force conclusion, communicated by Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr. of the Aerospace Technologies Division, was that the witnesses were observing the planet Jupiter, which had a stellar magnitude of -2.1 at the time. The report includes completed Sighting of Unidentified Phenomena Questionnaires, sketches of the object's position, and correspondence directing future reports to the designated UFO investigator at Edwards AFB, Major S. G. Calder of the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory. The report was subsequently forwarded to the University of Colorado for further review.