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Project 10073 Record — DeSoto, Missouri, 10 September 1967

📅 10 September 1967 📍 DeSoto, Mo. 🏛 Foreign Technology Division 📄 Sighting report and correspondence
DeSotoMissourisatelliteProject 10073USAFForeign Technology Division

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A 1967 UFO sighting in DeSoto, Missouri, was investigated by the Air Force's Foreign Technology Division. The object was officially classified as a possible satellite.

This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding a UFO sighting reported in DeSoto, Missouri, on September 10, 1967. The observer, a 32-year-old female, reported seeing a bright white light in the sky at 7:00 P.M. while driving. The observation lasted approximately five minutes, with the object moving from the northwest to the north. The witness reported hearing a 'whizzing sound' during the event. The Air Force's Foreign Technology Division evaluated the report and concluded that the sighting was possibly a satellite. The investigators noted that because the object appeared as a point of light, it was likely at a significant distance, and they expressed skepticism regarding the association of the reported noise with the visual sighting. The document includes a formal letter from Colonel James C. Manatt, Director of Production at the Foreign Technology Division, informing the witness that the initial report was insufficient for a scientific investigation and requesting the completion of an AF Form 117.

Since the observer was driving in an auto it is likely that she would hear any noise unless the object were quite close or quite loud. Since it appeares as a point of light it is assumed that it is quit distant and that the noise is not associated with the sighting.

Official Assessment

Possible: SATELLITE

The observer initially mistook the object for a star due to its brightness. The Air Force concluded that the description, excluding the reported noise, was consistent with a satellite.

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