Project 10073 Record Card — Muskwa, British Columbia, 2 Feb 62

On February 2, 1962, at 1641Z, a civilian witness at the Muskwa Army Garrison in British Columbia, Canada, reported observing an unidentified aerial object. The witness described the object as round, reddish in color, and approximately the size of a washtub. According to the report, the object broke into two funnels of fire and was observed falling toward the ground from the northwest before disappearing below the tree line. The duration of the sighting was reported as one minute. The incident was formally documented under Project 10073 and processed in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2. Military communications from the 919th ACWRON at Beaverlodge, Alberta, forwarded the details to the Air Technical Intelligence Center and other command units. Official evaluation of the event concluded that the object was a meteor. This determination was supported by a report from the St. John weather bureau, which noted a meteor in the northeast quadrant at 1640Z on the same day. Investigators noted that because the witness did not mention the meteor, it was likely that the duration of the sighting had been overestimated and that the witness had actually observed the meteor reported by the weather bureau.