Project 10073 Record Card — Baldwinsville, Massachusetts, 18 Feb 1962

This document is a Project 10073 record card and accompanying U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheet detailing a UFO sighting reported by a 13-year-old civilian in Baldwinsville, Massachusetts, on February 18, 1962. The witness, who was stargazing from a roof using a telescope, observed an object for approximately two minutes and thirty seconds. The witness described the object as having the shape of two ice cream cones joined at their wide ends, with two holes in the top. The object was initially white, then changed to a 'fire color' before returning to white. The witness estimated the object's speed at 4500 mph and noted that it moved in a N/NE direction before disappearing in the East. The witness reported no sound and compared the object's appearance to a 'falling star.' The Air Force investigation noted that the data provided was conflicting and that it was impossible to track the object with a telescope at the speed reported or to obtain the level of detail described by the witness. The official conclusion recorded on the card is that the sighting was likely a 'Shooting Star' or a possible meteor. The witness provided a sketch of the object and its motion, and noted that they had studied the sky in school. The report includes the witness's personal information, though some details are redacted. The document serves as a standard record of a civilian report processed under the Air Force's UFO investigation project.