Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Fairborn, Ohio, 1 April 1968
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A 1968 Project Blue Book sighting report from Fairborn, Ohio, involving a flashing red light. The case was closed as having insufficient data for evaluation.
This document contains the Project Blue Book record for a UFO sighting reported in Fairborn, Ohio, on 1 April 1968. The report includes a formal letter from Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of the Aerial Phenomena Office, addressed to a witness requesting the completion of an AF Form 117. The witness, a 17-year-old, reported observing a flashing red light that moved from East to North for approximately 25 minutes. The witness described the object as appearing like a fire with smoke that glittered and occasionally turned white. The official conclusion reached by the Aerial Phenomena Office was that there was insufficient data for evaluation, noting that the information provided to the duty officer was sketchy and conflicting, and that follow-up requests for additional information remained unfulfilled as of 28 May 1968.
The information on the sighting was given to the duty officer and is sketchy and in parts conflicting.
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Official Assessment
INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
The information on the sighting was given to the duty officer and is sketchy and in parts conflicting. Additional information was requested from the observer and the witness, but neither had completed the form as of 28 May 68.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Hector Quintanilla, JrMajor, USAF, Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office