Project 10073 Record — Kettering, Ohio, 29 July 1968

This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding a UFO sighting reported in Kettering, Ohio, on 29 July 1968. The observer reported seeing a single bright light with fuzzy edges for a duration of approximately one and a half minutes. The report includes a formal letter from Lt. Colonel Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of the Aerial Phenomena Office, dated 5 August 1968, informing the observer that the information provided was insufficient for a scientific investigation and requesting the completion of an AF Form 117. The observer's questionnaire, completed on 29 July 1968, provides details on the sighting, including the time of 2215 EDT and the observer's location in Kettering. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that there was insufficient data for evaluation. The document notes that the sighting could potentially be attributed to a satellite or an aircraft, specifically mentioning that an aircraft equipped with a 'battlefield illumination lighting system' (BIAS) was operating in the Dayton area during late July. The file also includes technical background information on the BIAS project, which involved C-130 aircraft testing high-intensity lighting systems at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.