Declassified UFO / UAP Document
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK - 19 JULY 1963
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AI-Generated Summary
A civilian report of two unidentified aerial objects near Cooperstown, NY, in July 1963 was evaluated by the Air Force. The military concluded the first object was likely an aircraft and the second remained unidentified due to insufficient data.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an accompanying letter regarding a UFO sighting reported by civilians near Cooperstown, New York, on July 19, 1963. The witnesses reported two separate sightings. The first occurred at 02:15 A.M., involving a triangular-shaped object glowing orange-yellow that traveled from East to West. The object reportedly made a circular loop, became enveloped in a white hazy light, and disappeared. The witnesses noted a motor-like sound similar to an airliner. A second sighting occurred approximately 15 minutes later, involving a bright white light that shot across the treetops from East to West, leaving a wake behind it. This second object was described as having no sound and potentially a saucer-like shape. The Air Force evaluation concluded that the first object was likely an aircraft in flight, possibly turning on landing lights as it approached an airfield. The second object was deemed to have insufficient data for analysis, with potential explanations including searchlights, meteors, or jets with afterburners. The document includes administrative routing slips from the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, signed by Lt. Colonel Kenneth L. Sandvig.
One of the three of us thought it had had a saucer-like shape.
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Official Assessment
Description indicates that object was an a/c in flight to west as a/c approached field to land turned on landing lights and made circular turn, disappearing as it went below observers horizon to land. Second object could be searchlight, meteors, jets with afterburner a/c, or any number of conventional objects. Insufficient data for analysis.
The first object was likely an aircraft landing at an airfield. The second object could not be identified due to insufficient data.
Witnesses
- [illegible]civilian
Key Persons
- Kenneth L. SandvigExecutive, Office of Information