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Project 10073 Record Card and Correspondence — Knox, New York, August 1962

📅 11 August 1962 📍 Knox, New York 🏛 Foreign Technology Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 📄 sighting_report
Project 10073UFOJupiterKnox New York1962

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A 1962 UFO sighting in Knox, New York, was investigated by the 109th Air Transport Group. The report concluded the object was the planet Jupiter, noting the witness's tendency to exaggerate.

This document comprises a Project 10073 record card and supporting correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported on August 11, 1962, near Knox, New York. The observer, a laborer with the New York State Conservation Department, reported seeing an amber, blurred object for approximately two hours. The witness described the object as having intermittent bluish rays of light and noted that it eventually moved horizontally before rising vertically and disappearing. The witness claimed to have observed the object while scanning the sky for falling stars. The 109th Air Transport Group (H) at Schenectady County Airport investigated the report, noting that the witness had a reputation for exaggeration. The investigating officer, 2nd Lt. Robert C. Donnaruma, conducted an interview and concluded that the witness lacked technical knowledge. Radar inquiries to the Saratoga Air Force Station yielded no unusual contacts. The final evaluation by the military authorities concluded that the object was the planet Jupiter, and its appearance was distorted by atmospheric conditions. The report explicitly states that no physical evidence exists to support the observation.

We suspect the observer may have an overactive imagination but this is our first experience with UFO's and are forwarding the report for examination by more competent personnel.

Official Assessment

Planet Jupiter in position rptd. Distortion & disappearance due to atmospheric conditions. Case evaluated as planet Jupiter.

The object was identified as the planet Jupiter. The observer's report was deemed unreliable due to a tendency toward exaggeration and a lack of technical knowledge. The sighting was likely an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions.

Witnesses

  • [illegible]Laborer, N.Y. State Conservation Department

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