Project Blue Book Sighting Report — Shenandoah, Iowa, April 1968

This document is a U.S. Air Force sighting report concerning an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed in Shenandoah, Iowa, on April 4, 1968. The witness, a 13-year-old male, reported seeing a bright white light on the horizon in the northwest at approximately 2030 CST. The observation lasted for three minutes. The witness described the object as being as bright as the full moon and noted that there was no sound associated with it. The sky was clear and dry at the time of the sighting. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force investigation was that the object was the planet Mars, which was setting at an azimuth of 294 degrees with a stellar magnitude of plus 1.5. The report includes a completed questionnaire from the witness, dated April 12, 1968, which provides details on the observation conditions, the lack of physical evidence, and the witness's perspective on the object's appearance.