UFO Sighting Report and Correspondence — Junaluska, North Carolina, March 1967

This document file details a UFO sighting report from March 10, 1967, in Junaluska, North Carolina. A thirteen-year-old witness reported observing a circular, flat object with a domed superstructure that appeared blue on top and white on the sides. The witness claimed the object moved from behind clouds, stopped, and then retreated. The witness provided two Polaroid photographs taken with a 'Swinger' camera. The Foreign Technology Division (FTD) conducted a photo analysis (Report 67-13), concluding that while the photographs were not double-exposed or retouched, the object could not be identified due to a lack of scale and background detail. The report noted the object had a 'sandwich-like' appearance. Following the initial investigation, the witness sent a letter to the Air Force confessing that the sighting and the photographs were a fraud, created to satisfy the curiosity of classmates. The witness expressed remorse, stating they had been severely punished by their parents and promised the incident would not happen again. Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of Project Blue Book, responded to the witness, acknowledging the confession, expressing sympathy for the punishment received, and requesting the original photographs and the object used to fake the sighting for educational purposes to show others how such hoaxes were constructed. The file includes the official correspondence, the photo analysis report, and the witness's confession letter.