Project 10073 Record Card and Related Correspondence regarding St. Georges de Beauce Sighting

This document archive details the investigation into an incident occurring on 15 June 1964 in St. Georges de Beauce, Quebec, Canada. Witnesses reported an unusual explosion and the presence of unidentified objects. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) recovered physical specimens from the site, which were subsequently transferred to the United States Air Force for analysis. The Foreign Technology Division (FTD) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base conducted a technical evaluation of these materials. The laboratory analysis, documented in report MAY 64-21, identified the recovered items—consisting of brass, porcelain, and plastic—as components of a lightning arrestor used on high-voltage power lines. The report concludes that the explosion was not associated with an unidentified aerial phenomenon, but rather the failure of this equipment. The archive also includes correspondence from the public regarding other UFO sightings, including reports from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and internal Air Force communications clarifying that Project Blue Book is an unclassified project and that sightings are investigated based on available data. The documents reflect the Air Force's standard procedure for handling public inquiries and physical evidence related to reported aerial phenomena during the mid-1960s.