Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — St. Gallen, Switzerland, August 1963
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This document contains a 1963 UFO sighting report from St. Gallen, Switzerland, which was investigated by the USAF under Project 10073 and ultimately classified as unidentified. It also summarizes several other unrelated UFO reports from the United States.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and a subsequent information sheet regarding multiple UFO sightings reported to the United States Air Force. The primary report details a sighting in St. Gallen, Switzerland, occurring on August 13-14, 1963. The witness described an object, initially identified as a missile or satellite, flying at an estimated altitude of 15,000 to 18,000 feet. The object was described as a glowing fireball. On the following night, the witness observed a similar object rising over a mountain at a lower altitude of 7,500 to 10,000 feet. The flight lasted approximately four minutes before the object stopped, glowed, and eventually burst like fireworks. The witness, concerned by local newspaper reports about 'flying sources,' contacted the Pentagon for information. The Air Force investigation concluded that the case was 'unidentified.' The document also includes a summary sheet dated February 1964, which references this Swiss sighting alongside other reports from Warrenville, Illinois, Susanville, California, and Lanham, Maryland. In each instance, the Air Force stated they were unable to identify the objects and recommended that informational brochures be sent to the respective witnesses.
Flight consumed four minutes and then object suddenly stopped glowing course followed for an additional minute with BX and object again glowed. continued to glow for 30 seconds and then turned into a fireball with BX brightness as previously. Suddenly burst like fireworks.
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Official Assessment
UNIDENTIFIED
The sighting in St. Gallen, Switzerland, was reported as a missile or satellite that glowed, stopped, and eventually burst like fireworks. The case remains unidentified.
Witnesses
- [illegible]civilian
- [illegible]civilian
- [illegible]civilian
- Irene M Francis