Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Hamilton, Ohio, 30 August 1968
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A civilian couple in Hamilton, Ohio, reported a 40-minute sighting of a football-shaped light on August 30, 1968. The Air Force concluded the object was likely the moon.
This document is a record from Project 10073 regarding a UFO sighting reported by a civilian couple in Hamilton, Ohio, on August 30, 1968. The observers reported seeing a football-shaped light that moved downward, across, up, and then down over a period of 40 minutes before disappearing behind clouds. The Air Force, specifically the Aerial Phenomena Office led by Lt. Colonel Hector Quintanilla, Jr., concluded that the object was likely the moon, noting that the moon was in its first quarter at the time of the sighting. The document includes a formal letter from the Air Force to the witnesses stating that the initial information provided was insufficient for a scientific investigation and requesting the completion of an AF Form 117. The file also contains the subsequent questionnaire completed by the witnesses, which includes sketches and detailed descriptions of the event, as well as internal memos regarding other sightings and meteorological data from the period.
The observers sighted a football shaped light that "moved downward... and across and up and then down..." The object was in the SW and finally disappeared behind some clouds.
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Official Assessment
Probable Astro (MOON)
The observer did not know if there was any moon that night. The moon was in its first quarter and at the beginning of the sighting at azimuth 22 deg and 11 deg elevation.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Hector Quintanilla, JrChief, Aerial Phenomena Office