Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Kingsville, Ohio, 3 July 1968
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AI-Generated Summary
A 14-year-old witness in Kingsville, Ohio, reported a fast-moving, star-like light on July 3, 1968. The Air Force investigated the event under Project Blue Book and concluded it was likely a satellite.
This document contains the official Project Blue Book record for a UFO sighting reported in Kingsville, Ohio, on July 3, 1968. The report includes a standard Air Force technical information questionnaire completed by the witness, who was 14 years old at the time. The witness described observing a white, star-like light that moved at 'terrific speeds'—faster than any jet—across three-quarters of the sky over a duration of five and a half minutes. The witness noted that the object had a rounded bottom and a fuzzy top, emitted no sound, and was brighter than a star but lacked rays. The observation ended when the object moved behind a cloud. The Air Force investigation, led by Lt. Colonel Hector Quintanilla, Jr., concluded that the sighting was likely an airplane or a retrograde satellite. The file includes correspondence from the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base requesting the witness to complete an AF Form 117 to assist in the evaluation of the event.
TRAVELED AT TERRIFIC SPEEDS FASTER THAN ANY JET-COVERED 3/4 OF SKY IN 5 1/2 MINUTES
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Official Assessment
The observation could have been of an airplane or a satellite. It was probably a retrograde satellite.
The observer reported a white, star-like light moving at high speed on a northwest course. The Air Force concluded it was likely a satellite.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Hector Quintanilla, JrChief, Aerial Phenomena Office