Project 10073 Record Cards and Correspondence — Chantilly, Virginia, April 1963

This document contains two Project 10073 record cards and associated correspondence regarding UFO sightings reported by a civilian in Chantilly, Virginia, in April 1963. The witness, identified as a newspaper reporter and former Royal Canadian Navy lookout, reported seeing a reddish, star-like object on both April 3 and April 18, 1963. On April 3, the object was observed for two minutes moving in an east-northeast direction. On April 18, the object was observed for five and a half minutes, exhibiting erratic, zig-zagging movement while traveling from southeast to south. The witness provided detailed questionnaires for both events, noting the object's appearance was similar to Mars and that it made no sound. In his correspondence to the U.S. Air Force Public Information Division dated April 23, 1963, the witness, Peter Trueman, requested an evaluation of these sightings to assist him in writing a story about Project Blue Book. The official Air Force conclusion for both sightings was that the objects were aircraft, likely en route to Washington D.C. or Baltimore.