Project 10073 Record — Sighting Report, Wiggins, Mississippi, 24 March 1968

This document contains the Project Blue Book record for a UFO sighting reported in Wiggins, Mississippi, on 24 March 1968. The civilian observer reported seeing a metallic, baseball-shaped object with a circle around it, which they estimated to be approximately thirty feet in diameter. The observer claimed the object was visible for ten minutes, moving from east to northeast, and reached speeds between 10,000 and 12,000 miles per hour. The witness further alleged that the object possessed a metal door that operated on a 'hydrails electric circuit.' The Air Force's Aerial Phenomena Office, led by Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., investigated the report. They contacted the Wiggins Police Department, which did not respond. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the sighting was 'psychological in nature.' The investigators reasoned that it was highly improbable for an observer to discern a door on an object at a distance of two to five miles, as claimed by the witness. The file includes correspondence between the Air Force and the witness, as well as internal memos requesting information from local authorities and providing the witness with standard reporting forms. The witness also expressed concern that the Department of Defense in Washington, D.C., was withholding information about the object.