Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Project 10073 Record — Kettering, Ohio, 11 January 1969

📅 11 January 1969 📍 Kettering, Ohio 🏛 U.S. Air Force 📄 Sighting of Unidentified Phenomena Questionnaire

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TL;DR

This document is a U.S. Air Force sighting report from 1969 regarding a stationary light observed in Kettering, Ohio. The phenomenon was officially identified as the planet Venus.

On 11 January 1969, a civilian witness in Kettering, Ohio, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witness reported seeing a bright, glary, oval-shaped light in the southwest sky at approximately 21:00 hours. The object remained stationary for a duration of 15 minutes. The witness noted that while the primary light was bright, there were dimmer colors visible underneath it. The observation was made from the front porch of a house. The witness indicated that they had seen a similar object approximately 10 years prior at the same location, which had also been reported to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 document identifies the object as the planet Venus.

Huge white light, glary, oval shaped, other dim colors underneath it, but they were much dimmer.

Official Assessment

Astro (VENUS)

The observer reported a bright, glary, oval-shaped light in the southwest, which was identified as the planet Venus.

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