Project 10073 Record — Sighting in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 10 February 1969

This document is a Project 10073 record concerning a UFO sighting reported on 10 February 1969 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The witness, a Quality Assurance Engineer employed by McDonnell Douglas Corp., observed a single object for a duration of 5 to 20 minutes. The witness described the object as a globular, yellow-pink-orange light that traveled from the SSW to the NE. The witness estimated the object's speed at Mach 6-10 and its size at approximately 4-5 star diameters. The witness noted that the object did not blink, make a sound, or have separated lights like a conventional aircraft. The sighting occurred at night under thin cloud cover. The observer reported that the object eventually disappeared behind a cloud. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force, as documented in the Project 10073 record, is that the object was a 'Probable AIRCRAFT.' The report includes a cover letter from Captain John B. Dodge of the 1400 Air Base Wing at Scott Air Force Base, forwarding the AF Form 117 sighting report to the Foreign Technology Division (FTD) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for appropriate action. The document also contains weather data for Scott AFB during the time of the sighting, noting 10 miles visibility and thin cloud cover.