Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card and Associated Air Force Messages Regarding July 19, 1964 Sighting
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AI-Generated Summary
A July 19, 1964, sighting of a bright object over the Pacific Northwest was initially reported as a UFO but was later scientifically identified as a bolide (meteor) by the American Meteor Society and the U.S. Air Force.
This document compiles reports and analysis regarding a bright bolide sighted over British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington on July 19, 1964. The sighting was initially reported as a potential Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) by civilian police officers and other witnesses, including a former Army Air Corps pilot. The initial military reports described a rocket-shaped object with red and green lights and a white exhaust trail. However, subsequent scientific analysis by the American Meteor Society, in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada and the U.S. Air Force, concluded that the phenomenon was a bolide. The analysis utilized over 60 visual reports to calculate a parabolic path for the object, which ended over Washington state. The report notes that while the observer's description of a flat trajectory caused initial confusion, it was likely an optical illusion due to the brief duration of the sighting. The final assessment by the intelligence officer on the scene was that the object was a meteorite.
FROM THE ANALYSIS OF OBSERVER'S DISCRIPTION AND INTELLIGENCE OFFICER'S INSPECTION OF THE LOCATION OF SIGHTING, OBJECT SEEN IS BELIEVED TO BE A METORITE.
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Official Assessment
Object seen is believed to be a meteorite. Flat trajectory could have been an optical illusion to observer since he saw it for such a brief period of time.
The object was identified as a bolide (meteor) based on analysis of over 60 visual reports, including those from the U.S. Air Force and Canadian sources. The object was determined to have a parabolic orbit consistent with an origin in the asteroidal zone.
Witnesses
- Jay CrookState PoliceState Police
- [illegible]Farmer
Key Persons
- P. F. BroganRegional director for the American Meteor Society
- P. M. MillmanMeteor Centre, National Research Council, Ottawa
- W. F. SlawsonProfessor, University of British Columbia
- Charles P. OlivierAuthor of the bolide analysis