PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - 20 Aug 60 - 3 mi NW of Concord, California

This document details a UFO sighting reported on August 20, 1960, three miles northwest of Concord, California. The report, filed under Project 10073, describes an observation made by a paper delivery boy and his girlfriend. The witnesses reported seeing a round, white object with red and white lights, approximately the size of a star, which exhibited no tail or exhaust and made no sound. According to the report, the object was initially observed angling northwest at an elevation of approximately 20 degrees. The witnesses noted that the object performed an abrupt movement, suddenly stopping and hovering before rising straight up and disappearing. The observation lasted for approximately three minutes. The report includes a teletype communication from the 78th Fighter Wing at Hamilton Air Force Base to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, confirming that the weather was clear with unlimited visibility and that no air traffic or unusual conditions were reported in the area. The investigation, conducted by Major Dypum of Detachment 1, San Francisco Air Defense Sector, concluded that the sighting was not an unidentified aerial phenomenon but rather the result of the refraction of the star Vega. The official record card notes that the star Vega was in the position described by the observers with a magnitude of 0.1, and the observed behavior was characteristic of the disappearance of a refracted astronomical object.