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Project 10073 Record Card and Related Correspondence — Scarsdale, New York, July 1963

📅 31 July 1963 📍 Scarsdale, New York 🏛 ATIC 📄 sighting_report
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A civilian reported a cone-shaped object in Scarsdale, New York, on July 31, 1963. The Air Force concluded the object was likely an aircraft.

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and related correspondence regarding a sighting in Scarsdale, New York, on July 31, 1963. The witness, a civilian, reported observing an object shaped like two cones joined at their bases, estimated to be at an altitude of 5,000 to 10,000 feet. The object was described as being the size of a large airplane, moving in a northwesterly direction, and appearing 'all aglow as if made of light.' The witness reported the sighting to the Air Force Information Center in New York City. The Air Force investigation concluded that the object's flight characteristics were consistent with an aircraft and that the phenomenon was likely an aircraft. The file also includes a memorandum from Major Maston M. Jacks of the Department of the Air Force, dated August 12, 1963, requesting further details from the witness to facilitate a proper evaluation.

The object was shaped like two cones joined at their bases, flying at about five to ten thousand feet. It appeared to be approximately the size of a large airplane moving through the sky at the same rate and in the same manner as a plane in a northwesterly direction. It was all aglow as if made of light.

Official Assessment

this was probably an a/c

The object was described as two cones joined at the base, appearing to be the size of a large airplane. The Air Force concluded that the flight characteristics were consistent with an aircraft.

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