Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — West Carrollton, Ohio, 20 August 1968
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This document contains a 1968 UFO sighting report from West Carrollton, Ohio, which was classified as having insufficient data for evaluation by the Air Force's Aerial Phenomena Office.
On August 20, 1968, at approximately 2300 hours, an observer in West Carrollton, Ohio, reported a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witness, accompanied by their wife, described the object as a twinkling point light source that appeared to move to avoid a plane flying in the area. The observation lasted for approximately one hour under clear weather conditions. The witness reported the sighting to the Air Force, which subsequently issued a letter on September 3, 1968, signed by Lt. Colonel Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of the Aerial Phenomena Office. The Air Force informed the witness that the initial information provided was insufficient for a scientific investigation and requested that they complete and return an attached AF Form 117. The project record indicates that as of October 4, 1968, the requested form had not been returned. The official conclusion recorded by the Aerial Phenomena Office for this incident is 'INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION'.
The observer sighted a twinkling point light source and reported it to the Duty Officer.
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Official Assessment
INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
The observer reported a twinkling point light source. The Air Force determined the information provided was insufficient for a scientific investigation and requested the completion of AF Form 117.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Hector Quintanilla, JrChief, Aerial Phenomena Office