Project 10073 Record Card and Associated Correspondence — North Concord AFS, Vermont, August 1960

This document contains a series of military communications regarding a UFO sighting reported on August 4, 1960, at the North Concord Air Force Station in Vermont. The primary report, filed by the 911th Radar Squadron, describes a circular object with a blue tip and a white trail, estimated to be the size of a basketball held at arm's length. The object was observed for approximately one minute at dawn, moving at a constant elevation of 45 degrees before it disappeared instantaneously. The observer, identified as reliable Air Police personnel, noted that the object made no sound. Following the initial report, the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) requested further clarification regarding the observer's estimation methods and the object's behavior. In response, the 911th Radar Squadron clarified that the observer was inexperienced in such estimations and that the trail length was approximately six times the diameter of the object. The report notes that local and state police, as well as local military checks, yielded negative results for other sightings. While a radar maintenance officer initially suggested the object might be man-made with a contrail, the final assessment concluded that the object was likely a meteor, noting that the duration of the sighting had been overestimated and that the event correlated with other sightings in Dexter, Maine, and Clover, Vermont.