Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project Blue Book Sighting Report — Morgantown, West Virginia, 16 December 1968
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A civilian report of a light in the sky over Morgantown, WV, in 1968 was investigated by the Air Force and officially identified as the planet Venus.
This document contains a Project Blue Book sighting report and subsequent correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed in Morgantown, West Virginia, on December 16, 1968. A civilian witness reported observing a yellow-white, flickering, light-bulb-shaped object in the southern sky for approximately 25 minutes. The witness, who was accompanied by their son, described the object as disappearing over the horizon. The Air Force, through the Foreign Technology Division's Aerial Phenomena Office, reviewed the report. Lt. Colonel Hector Quintanilla Jr. responded to the witness on January 6, 1969, stating that the information provided was insufficient for a scientific investigation and requested the completion of an AF Form 117. The official conclusion recorded on the project file identifies the object as 'Probable Astro (VENUS)', noting that Venus had set at an azimuth of 248 degrees true at 2035 hours.
The observer sighted a yellow-white flickering light in the south that disappeared over the horizon after about 25 min.
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Official Assessment
Probable Astro (VENUS). At 2035, Venus had just set at azimuth 248 deg true.
The sighting was determined to be the planet Venus, which had set at the time of the observation.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian