Project 10873 Record — UFO Observation, 4 July 1969

This document is a collection of records pertaining to a UFO sighting reported in Kettering, Ohio, on July 4, 1969. The primary record, identified as Project 10873, documents an observation made at approximately 2230 EDT. The observer, a 19-year-old student at Purdue University and engineering draftsman, reported seeing a blinking light that traveled in an ENE direction before disappearing on the horizon. The observer described the object as disc-shaped, approximately 50 feet in diameter, with a solid gray but fuzzy appearance. The object was noted to have a white light that flashed at regular intervals of approximately two seconds. The observer was in a 1964 Buick sedan at the time, traveling at 25 mph. The Air Force, through the Aerial Phenomena Office of the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, initiated a formal inquiry, requesting the observer complete an AF Form 117 questionnaire. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the object was a 'Probable Aircraft' headed toward Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The file includes correspondence from Lt. Colonel Hector Quintanilla, Jr., requesting statements from potential witnesses and providing the necessary forms for formal reporting. The documentation includes multiple versions of the Sighting of Unidentified Phenomena Questionnaire, sketches of the object's shape and flight path, and details regarding the observer's location and conditions at the time of the sighting.