Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card and Associated Message — Stead AFB, Nevada, 14 November 1963
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AI-Generated Summary
This document contains a military sighting report from Stead AFB, Nevada, on 14 November 1963, which was officially identified as a Titan missile launch. It also includes a press clipping regarding an unrelated UFO report in Carson City, Nevada, on the same day.
On 14 November 1963, at 1342Z, a sighting occurred near Stead AFB, Nevada, involving an object described as a white fireball that appeared to explode and separate into two. Witnesses, including a weather observer and two air policemen, observed the object for approximately six minutes. The object was described as having a six-inch trail of flame and moving away in an arc. The official investigation, conducted by Capt. Frank E. Harris, the Wing Flying Safety Officer, concluded that the sighting was the result of a Titan missile launch from Vandenberg AFB, which occurred at the same time. The report notes that the timing and location of the sighting corresponded with the missile's second-stage firing and separation. Additionally, the document includes a press clipping from 'SAUCER NEWS' (Vol II, March 64) regarding a separate, unrelated sighting in Carson City, Nevada, on the same date, involving a disc-shaped object with a green color and a vibratory hum, which was reported by a resident named Blanche Pritchett.
From all reports of other individuals sighting and identifying this UFO as the missile, I feel certain this is what they saw.
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Official Assessment
A Titan missile shot from Vandenberg AFB at 1342Z.
The sighting of the object, which appeared as an explosion and then separated, was identified as the second stage firing and separation of a Titan missile launched from Vandenberg AFB.
Witnesses
- Smith, Jerrold E.A/2CDet 3, 4th Weather Squadron, Stead AFB, Nevada
- Winler, Joseph A.SSGT3635 Air Base Group, Stead AFB, Nevada
- Haupt, William L.A/2C3635 Air Base Group, Stead AFB, Nevada
Key Persons
- John J. RobinsonAuthor of an article in SAUCER NEWS
- Blanche PritchettResident of Carson City who reported a sighting