Project 10073 Record — Lynn, Massachusetts, 18 July 1964

This document contains a collection of records related to a UFO sighting reported in Lynn, Massachusetts, on 18 July 1964. The primary report, filed under Project 10073, describes a civilian observation of a starlike object that moved in a manner inconsistent with normal orbital flights, specifically moving SSW, stopping, and then moving NNE. The witness, who also contacted the Hayden Planetarium, expressed significant dissatisfaction with the official Air Force evaluation, which concluded the object was a balloon. The correspondence includes letters from the witness to Major Maston M. Jacks of the Air Force, in which the witness argues that the official explanation is an insult to their intelligence and describes other sightings they have experienced, including a disc-shaped object. The file also contains extensive meteorological data, including winds-aloft computation sheets for various locations such as Boston, Portland, and Cleveland, used by the Foreign Technology Division to evaluate the sighting. The final assessment from the Foreign Technology Division, dated 4 September 1964, maintains that the object's motion and description are comparable to a radiosonde or rawinsonde balloon with a light attached, despite the witness's insistence on the object's unusual maneuvers.