Project 10073 Record Card and UFOB Report — San Jose, California, 14 December 1963

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated UFOB report regarding a sighting that occurred on December 14, 1963, near San Jose, California. The witness, a 43-year-old Naval Aviator and Lieutenant Commander currently employed as an engineer, reported observing a conical, green object with a long tail. The object was estimated to be one-fourth the size of the moon or less. The witness observed the object moving from left to right, starting at 24 degrees above the horizon towards the south and moving across the sky towards the southwest. The object appeared to be burning and faded after a duration of 5 to 10 seconds. The report notes that there was no sound associated with the sighting. Weather conditions at the time were reported as partially obscured with haze and a temperature of 41 degrees. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, the Air Technical Intelligence Center, was that the object was a probable meteor. The report was forwarded in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2.