PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Sacramento, California, 7 Jan 64

On January 7, 1964, at 1801 hours local time, a civilian witness in Sacramento, California, reported observing an extremely bright blue object falling to earth. The witness, who contacted the McClellan Police Department, described the object as being approximately the size of a silver dollar held at arm's length. The object was initially sighted at 60 degrees above the horizon and was observed for 30 seconds until it disappeared at approximately 10 degrees above the horizon. The witness noted that the object appeared to fall at an angle of approximately 30 degrees to the perpendicular. Weather conditions at the time were reported as high, thin, scattered clouds with 10 miles of visibility. The official evaluation, conducted by the Security & Law Enforcement Division at McClellan AFB and forwarded to ATIC, concluded that the event was likely a meteor or a flare of some sort. The report explicitly states that no satellite decays occurred on that date and that the object's trajectory did not conform to satellite behavior. Due to the limited nature of the data and the lack of a formal investigation, the case was officially categorized as having insufficient data for evaluation.