Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Hanscom Field, Massachusetts, 7 July 1962
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A weather observer reported four red spherical objects in the sky near Hanscom Field, Massachusetts, on July 7, 1962. The incident was officially evaluated and concluded to be an aircraft sighting.
On July 7, 1962, at approximately 0320Z, a staff sergeant serving as a weather observer reported a sighting of four unidentified objects near Hanscom Field, Massachusetts. The observer, who was driving south on a route at the time, noticed the objects while scanning the sky to determine cloud type. The witness described the objects as four red spheres moving in a line, parallel to one another. The observer noted that the objects appeared at an elevation of approximately 15 degrees to the east of their position. The witness reported no sound, tail, trail, or exhaust associated with the objects. The observation lasted for approximately two minutes. The official evaluation of the incident, recorded on a Project 10073 record card, concluded that the sighting was of aircraft, noting that the speed and flight characteristics were consistent with aircraft performance.
Four red objs appeared to be following each other as red spheres in a line, moving parallel to the line. No sound, tail, trail or exhaust.
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Official Assessment
Evaluated as a/c sighting. Speed as indicated by duration and flight characteristics consistent w/a/c performance.
The objects were identified as aircraft based on the observer's report of their flight characteristics and duration.