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Project 10073 Record - Arcanum, Ohio - November 13, 1968

📅 13 November 1968 📍 Arcanum, Ohio 🏛 Aerial Phenomena Office 📄 sighting_report
ArcanumOhioProject Blue Booksearchlightreflection1968

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A civilian in Arcanum, Ohio, reported a UFO sighting on November 13, 1968, which was later identified as a searchlight reflection on low-hanging clouds.

This document contains a Project Blue Book sighting report regarding an incident on November 13, 1968, in Arcanum, Ohio. A civilian witness reported observing several objects moving from the Northwest to the Southwest over a period of approximately five minutes. The witness initially contacted Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to report the sighting. Following an inquiry from the Aerial Phenomena Office, the witness submitted a formal statement. In this statement, the witness clarified that at approximately 5:55 P.M., they observed a series of floating objects moving across the sky. However, after continuing to observe the area, the witness noted that at 6:45 P.M., as the heavy cloud bank lifted, a searchlight was visible due West, beyond the skyline. The witness concluded that the original sighting was a reflection of this searchlight on the low-hanging clouds. The official conclusion recorded by the Air Force is that the phenomenon was indeed a searchlight reflection.

On careful observation this had to have been the reflection of the searchlight on the heavy low hanging clouds.

Official Assessment

The observer wrote to this office to report that the sighting had been of a search light that was reflecting from low hanging clouds.

The observer initially reported a series of floating objects moving from Northwest to Southwest. Upon further observation at 6:45 P.M., the observer identified the phenomenon as a searchlight reflection on low-hanging clouds.

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