Project 10073 Record Card — Crescent City, California, October 30, 1960

This document details a UFO sighting that occurred on October 30, 1960, in Crescent City, California. The report, filed under Project 10073, describes an observation of six objects arranged in three separate groups. The primary witnesses included a six-year-old boy who reported the event to a sixteen-year-old friend, who subsequently relayed the information to an adult. The sighting was corroborated by several other adult witnesses. The objects were described as bright white lights, with one appearing red, and were noted to twinkle. Their behavior included hovering, rotating in a circle, and maintaining relative positions within their formation before moving in a westerly direction and disappearing below the horizon. The duration of the sighting was approximately thirty minutes. The objects were observed at an estimated altitude of 15,000 to 20,000 feet through a high, thin, scattered layer of clouds. Official investigations, including checks with local radar and air traffic control, yielded negative results, with no aircraft reported in the area. The case was ultimately categorized as having insufficient information to determine the nature of the objects, with a preliminary analysis by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) stating there was no possible cause identified. Correspondence between ATIC and the 412th Fighter Group at Kingsley Field, Oregon, indicates that further details were requested, including drawings and descriptions, but the case remained unresolved as of December 1961.