Project 10073 Record Card — North Andover, Massachusetts, 31 March 1963

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported by a 14-year-old witness in North Andover, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1963. The witness reported observing three bright, white, shiny objects traveling in an east-north-easterly direction at an estimated altitude of three miles and a speed of 1,000 mph. The objects were described as circling each other and passing one another before vanishing after approximately one minute and 30 seconds. The witness later completed a U.S. Air Force technical information questionnaire, noting that the objects resembled those seen in a movie about UFOs. Official internal evaluations of the report were skeptical. A committee review, labeled 'Case 14,' noted that while the report did not inspire confidence, they disagreed with classifying it as unreliable simply because of the witness's age, suggesting instead that the case suffered from insufficient information or follow-up. Correspondence between the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense and the Air Force indicates the report was forwarded to the Air Force Foreign Technology Division for potential investigation. A final memorandum from June 1963 suggests that the sighting could not be evaluated based on the provided information and recommended that questionnaires be completed individually by the witness and any additional witnesses.