Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting near Pound Ridge, New York and Wilton, Connecticut, 14 December 1962
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Multiple witnesses reported a comet-like object over Connecticut and New York on December 14, 1962. The Air Force concluded the object was likely a meteor or satellite debris.
This document contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a sighting on December 14, 1962, in the vicinity of Pound Ridge, New York, and Wilton, Connecticut. Witnesses, including Dr. John H. Heller, reported seeing a comet-like object with a brilliant blue-white head and a flaming tail, accompanied by falling sparks. The object was observed moving from west to east at a low altitude. Dr. Heller, the director of the New England Institute for Medical Research, provided a detailed account that was subsequently published in the Wilton Bulletin. The Air Force Command Post received reports from multiple witnesses and initiated an investigation. The official conclusion recorded on the project card is that the object was likely a meteor or the result of decaying satellite material. The report notes that the observation was confined to the local area and that the object's trajectory was being analyzed against known satellite data.
Comet-like object flashing across sky to SE flaming tail, head brilliant blue-white, sparks falling. Low altitude. Believed by observer to be meteor or decay.
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Official Assessment
most probable cause was a meteor
The object was likely a meteor or decaying satellite material.
Witnesses
- Dr. John H. HellerDirector of the New England Institute for Medical ResearchNew England Institute for Medical Research
Key Persons
- Dr. John H. HellerWitness and subject of press report