Project 10073 Record — Chatham, New Jersey, Summer 1964

This document contains a Project Blue Book record regarding a UFO sighting reported by a 15-year-old civilian in Chatham, New Jersey. The witness, who wrote to the Air Force in 1965 after reading a book by Lt. Col. Lawrence J. Tacker, described observing three objects on a summer night in 1964 at approximately 2130 hours. The witness, who was facing East while talking to friends, looked up and observed objects moving silently Westward. The objects were described as blue lights, lacking tails, and not glowing. The witness noted that the speed was too fast for an aircraft but too slow for a meteor. The objects disappeared behind trees, and approximately one minute later, a light resembling the funnel of a tornado appeared in the Southern sky for a few seconds. The official conclusion of the Foreign Technology Division was that there was insufficient data for evaluation, noting that the case was too old to investigate and that the witness's account was questionable. The correspondence includes a letter from the Foreign Technology Division to Hq USAF SAFOICC recommending that a letter of appreciation be sent to the witness along with a fact sheet, as the sighting was too old to warrant a formal investigation.