Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — 14 August 1956, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
AI-Generated Summary
A 1956 sighting report from Fitchburg, Massachusetts, describes eight cylindrical objects in a staggered formation. The official military conclusion identified the event as air refueling operations.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting that occurred on August 14, 1956, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The report describes the observation of eight cylindrical objects, colored red and green, which were seen in a staggered formation. The witness reported that the objects moved from east to west behind each other at intervals ranging from three to fifteen minutes. The total duration of the sighting was thirty-eight minutes. The report notes that the objects were approximately the size of an aircraft, and that one object was larger and featured a red light, while another appeared to remain stationary in the sky. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency is that the sighting was an observation of air refueling operations. The document includes administrative routing information indicating it was processed by Air Intelligence.
This sighting is considered the observation of air refueling operations.
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Official Assessment
This sighting is considered the observation of air refueling operations.
The sighting of eight cylindrical, red and green objects was determined to be air refueling operations.