Project 10073 Record Card and Sighting Report — Scottsdale & Prescott, Arizona, 20 November 1962

On 20 November 1962, at approximately 1750Z, a sighting of an unidentified aerial object was reported in the vicinity of Scottsdale and Prescott, Arizona, and Zuni, New Mexico. The object was described as having a silver glint, a fiery glow, and a visible vapor trail. Witnesses, including two air visual sightings and one ground position, reported the object in a free fall at an angle of 50 to 60 degrees before it disappeared instantaneously. The air visual sightings involved a Cessna 172 at 10,500 feet and a T33A at 30,000 feet. The report, filed by Captain John L. Wagner of Luke AFB, Arizona, under the requirements of AFR 203-2, notes that no sound was heard and no physical evidence was found. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the event was a meteor observation, citing the vapor trail and the duration of the sighting as primary indicators. The report was marked as unclassified and served as the closing action for the incident.