Project 10073 Record Card and Staff Message — Hatchville, Massachusetts, 19 August 1962

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and a corresponding Department of the Air Force staff message regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on 19 August 1962 in Hatchville, Massachusetts. The witness, a 35-year-old housewife on vacation, reported observing a roundish, white object with flames. The object was described as hovering at an elevation of 50-60 degrees for five minutes, performing a vertical climb, and then hovering again in the west for another five minutes before disappearing to the north on an angular climb. The total duration of the observation was approximately 45 minutes. The weather conditions were reported as clear with good visibility and no clouds or thunderstorms. Major Keith H. Morehouse of the USAF Chief Intelligence Division noted that there were no known missile firings or radar disturbances related to the event. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the case involved conflicting positional information and data. While the observed motion was noted to be consistent with balloon analysis, the overall data was deemed incomplete and conflicting, leading to the classification of the incident as 'other-conflicting data.' No follow-up investigation was considered feasible.