Project 10073 Record Card and Joint Messageform — Sighting near Buffalo, New York, 7 June 1960

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and a supporting Joint Messageform detailing a UFO sighting that occurred on June 7, 1960, two miles north of Buffalo, New York. The report documents a sighting by a civilian witness who observed a single, bright gold-colored object for a duration of five to seven minutes. According to the report, the object was first sighted at 10 degrees above the horizon and subsequently rose to 30 degrees above the horizon. The observation was classified as a ground-visual sighting. The military authorities, specifically the 2046th AACS Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, processed the report and distributed it to various commands, including the Air Defense Command and the Secretary of the Air Force. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that there was insufficient information available to make a definitive identification of the object. However, the report notes that the duration of the sighting and the observed movement—specifically the rising motion—suggested that the object may have been a balloon. The document includes detailed meteorological data for the area at the time of the sighting, noting scattered conditions, but confirms that no radar contact was made and no photographs were taken. The report is marked as unclassified.