UFO Observation Report — Fayette County, Ohio, February 7, 1968

This document contains a series of reports and correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting in Fayette County, Ohio, on February 7, 1968. The primary witnesses were two deputy sheriffs from the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, who observed the phenomenon while on patrol. The witnesses reported seeing four to five objects that appeared as small, compact lights, flashing in white, green, red, and blue. The objects were described as revolving in a clockwise rotation and exhibiting a rising and falling motion, which one witness compared to a balloon moving with the air flow. The sighting lasted between 20 minutes and one hour. The witnesses were in a 1968 Ford sheriff patrol car on a blacktop road at the time of the observation. They noted that the objects were visible in the sky and appeared to be at an altitude of 20,000 to 30,000 feet. The witnesses explicitly stated that there was no sound associated with the objects and that they did not disturb the ground or leave any physical evidence. The Air Force, through the Foreign Technology Division and the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project Blue Book), initiated an investigation into the sighting. Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., the Chief of the Aerial Phenomena Office, requested that the witnesses complete AF Form 117 to provide more detailed information for evaluation. The official conclusion reached by the investigators was that the phenomenon was likely 'Probable Astro (STARS/PLANETS)', suggesting that the observed lights were celestial bodies whose appearance was altered by atmospheric conditions or the observers' perception. The documentation includes the original questionnaires, correspondence from the Air Force to the witnesses, and internal notes regarding the investigation.