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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 28 May 1963

📅 28 May 1963 📍 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 🏛 Department of the Air Force 📄 Record Card and Correspondence
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TL;DR

A civilian report of a pinkish, bluish, reddish cloud in Philadelphia was evaluated by the Air Force as an aircraft contrail. The Air Force dismissed the report, citing the witness as an unreliable observer.

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported by a civilian in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 28 May 1963. The witness reported seeing a pinkish, bluish, reddish exhaust cloud in an irregular pattern at 8:05 P.M. The witness expressed significant interest in UFO phenomena, requesting information on 1962 and 1963 sightings, the 'point of no return' for lost aircraft, and information regarding White Sands. The witness also requested that the Air Force intervene to have CBS Channel 10 rebroadcast a movie titled 'UFO' (a Green-Rouse production). The Air Force evaluated the sighting as an aircraft contrail reflecting sunlight at dusk. Internal correspondence from the Air Force, signed by Colonel Eric T. de Jonckheere and Lt. Col. R.J. Friend, characterizes the witness as an unreliable observer and recommends that the report be rejected from serious consideration. A follow-up letter from Lt. Colonel William J. Lookadoo to the witness on 19 June 1963 reiterates the contrail explanation and notes that the Air Force had no connection to the production or release of the movie 'UFO'.

Source is continually writing the Air Force for information on UFO's and riducling the handling of this so-called problem.....

Official Assessment

Description conforms with that normally associated with observation of contrail.

The sighting was evaluated as an aircraft contrail reflecting sunlight at dusk. The observer is noted as unreliable.

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