Project 10073 Record Card — Waterbury, Connecticut, March 14, 1960

This document file contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported in Waterbury, Connecticut, on March 14, 1960. A civilian witness reported observing a circular, brightly lit object at high altitude, moving at a very low speed for a few minutes. The witness, a student, noted that they had alerted their family to the sighting and later discussed it with their teacher, who discovered other children had observed the same phenomenon with their parents on the same evening. The witness subsequently wrote to the U.S. Defense Department on March 15, 1960, to report the event. The Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) processed the report under Project 10073. On April 4, 1960, Colonel Philip G. Evans recommended that questionnaires be forwarded to the witness and their parents to gather more detailed information. On April 7, 1960, Major Lawrence J. Tacker of the Public Information Division formally acknowledged the letter, stating that the initial report lacked sufficient information for a valid conclusion. The witness was requested to complete an Air Force questionnaire and return it to the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for further evaluation. The final record card indicates that because the requested additional data was never received, the case was officially closed as having insufficient data to reach a conclusion.