Project Blue Book Sighting Report — Illinois/Iowa Area, June 5, 1969

This document contains a sighting report and associated correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed by a 19-year-old civilian. The witness, while traveling by hitchhiking, reported observing a glowing, self-luminous object on the night of May 14, 1969, near Pikesville, Kentucky. The witness described the object as round, approximately five times the size of surrounding stars, and capable of changing color between dull orange and grayish-silver. The witness noted that the object moved in 'spurts' and was accompanied by small, cross-shaped, multi-colored flashes of light. The witness claimed to have observed the object for approximately 45 minutes. The Air Force, via the Foreign Technology Division, responded to the witness on May 29, 1969, stating that the information provided was insufficient for a scientific investigation and requested the completion of an AF Form 117. The official Project 10073 record, however, concludes that the stimulus was identified by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory as a meteor.