Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 073 Record — Boone, North Carolina, 26 October 1968
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A student in Boone, NC, reported a self-luminous light on October 26, 1968. The Air Force classified the event as a possible helicopter sighting.
This document contains a Project 073 record regarding a UFO sighting reported by a college freshman in Boone, North Carolina, on October 26, 1968. The witness, a student at Appalachian State University, observed a self-luminous white light with occasional red blinking flashes for approximately 20 minutes. According to the report, the object moved behind a movie screen, reappeared, moved slowly to the southwest, hovered for about five minutes, and then departed rapidly to the southwest. The Air Force, specifically the Foreign Technology Division, reviewed the report and concluded that it was a possible aircraft, specifically a helicopter, noting there was no evidence to suggest otherwise. Lt. Colonel Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of the Aerial Phenomena Office, informed the witness that the initial report was insufficient for a scientific investigation and requested that the witness complete an AF Form 117 for further analysis.
No evidence that the object was not a helicopter.
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Official Assessment
Possible AIRCRAFT (Helicopter). No evidence that the object was not a helicopter.
The observer reported a self-luminous white light with red flashes that moved behind a movie screen, hovered, and then departed to the southwest.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Appalachian State University
Key Persons
- Hector Quintanilla, JrChief, Aerial Phenomena Office