Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Middleboro, Massachusetts, June 5, 1964
AI-Generated Summary
The document details the Air Force's evaluation of four UFO sightings reported by a Middleboro, Massachusetts resident in June 1964. The Air Force concluded that three of the objects were likely meteors, while the fourth remained unidentified due to insufficient data.
This document contains the official Air Force evaluation of two UFO sighting reports submitted by a civilian resident of Middleboro, Massachusetts, in 1964. The primary report concerns an incident on June 5, 1964, where the witness observed four distinct objects. The witness, who identified himself as an amateur astronomer, provided detailed sketches and descriptions of the objects, noting their colors as white-silver and red, and estimating their speeds at 3000 mph and 800 mph respectively. The Air Force's Foreign Technology Division, under the authority of Colonel Eric T. de Jonckheere, concluded that three of these objects were likely meteors, while the fourth lacked sufficient data for a definitive analysis. The document also references a separate sighting by the same individual on March 1, 1964, which the Air Force dismissed as a misinterpretation of conventional objects, noting that the report covered a duration of one hour and 41 minutes and involved multiple objects. Major Maston M. Jacks of the Public Information Division communicated these findings to the witness in a letter dated August 12, 1964. The file includes the original Project 10073 record card, the witness's completed technical information questionnaire, and internal correspondence between the Foreign Technology Division and Hq USAF.
I am an amateur astronomer and have a working knowledge of sky phenomenon and this sort of thing. I do believe there are things in our atmosphere of extraterrestrial origin but i am a conservative as far as reports (that is, I am not easily convinced that I am seeing a U.F.O.) are concerned.
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Official Assessment
It is possible that three of the four objects observed were meteors; however, the fourth object was not described in sufficient detail to enable analysis.
Three objects were likely meteors; the fourth object lacked sufficient data for analysis.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian
Key Persons
- Mrs. CaiserHq USAF SAFOI PB