Project 10073 Record Card — Georgetown, Massachusetts, 8 February 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an accompanying memorandum regarding a UFO sighting reported by Ralph H. Sherman Sr. of Georgetown, Massachusetts, on 8 February 1956. Sherman observed multiple 'saucers' in the northern sky on a clear, sunlit day. Approximately thirty minutes later, he observed two additional objects that appeared closer. Sherman subsequently wrote a letter to J. Edgar Hoover at the Federal Bureau of Investigation expressing his concerns that these objects might be of Russian origin. He also referenced the writings of Donald Keyhoe and Frank Scully to support his theories regarding the propulsion and nature of these craft, including speculation about cigar-shaped objects and potential foreign power involvement. The official military evaluation of the report, conducted by ATIC, dismissed the sighting as an 'Unreliable Rpt.' The investigators concluded that Sherman's report was driven by 'obvious psychological motives' and his interest in UFO literature, noting that there was no substantive information provided beyond the witness's claim of having observed flying saucers. The documentation also includes a memorandum dated 15 January 1957 from Captain George T. Gregory of the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC). This memorandum addresses the late receipt of this report and five others, which had been submitted under one cover letter by the 4602d AISS after being received from the Office of Special Investigations (OSI). Captain Gregory noted that the reports ranged from February 1954 to August 1956, and suggested that the OSI had 'pigeonholed' the reports for unknown reasons before forwarding them. He concluded that the significant delay in receipt made conclusive analysis difficult, if not impossible.