UFO Observation, 3 June 1967 — Lincoln, Illinois

On June 3, 1967, at approximately 9:45 P.M., a 15-year-old witness and their 11-year-old sister observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon in the sky over Lincoln, Illinois. The primary witness, who identified as a student of the U.F.O. mystery, described the object as a fairly bright, consistent white light with occasional red flashes. According to the witness, the object appeared directly overhead, moved across the sky, stopped, and then continued to move until it was low in the north-east sky, where it vanished as if a light had been turned off. The witness noted that approximately five minutes after the disappearance, a low-flying jet appeared and flew in the same direction from which the object had vanished. The witness reported the event to an Arthur W. Bree on the same day. Following the report, the Department of the Air Force, specifically the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, sent a letter to the witness dated June 21, 1967, stating that the information provided was insufficient for a scientific evaluation and requesting the completion of an FTD Form 164. The witness completed the questionnaire on June 22, 1967, providing details on the sighting, including a sketch of the object's path and a comparison of its appearance to a light bulb at a distance. The official conclusion recorded on the project record form noted that there was no data presented to indicate the object could have been an aircraft, though a handwritten note on the correspondence suggests 'Aircraft (possible)' was considered.