Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Freeport, Illinois
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A 1967 UFO sighting report from Freeport, Illinois, was deemed insufficient for investigation by the Air Force's Foreign Technology Division. The witness was requested to provide more information via an AF Form 117.
This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding a UFO sighting in Freeport, Illinois, in November 1967. The observer reported seeing a single, small, round, white, bright-light object in the sky. The report includes a letter from Colonel James C. Manatt of the Air Force's Foreign Technology Division, addressed to the witness, stating that the information provided was insufficient for a scientific investigation. The Air Force requested that the witness complete an AF Form 117 to provide further details. The witness's original correspondence, written in longhand, mentions that they had read about UFOs in a magazine and had written a school report on the subject before witnessing the event themselves.
Observer sighted an object that was like " a white object in the sky. Round-white, bright-light but small."
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Official Assessment
INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
The Air Force determined that the information provided by the observer was not sufficient for a scientific investigation.