Project 10073 Record — Peekskill, N. Y. — 22 March 1965

This document contains a collection of records related to a UFO sighting report from a civilian in Peekskill, New York, in March 1965. The primary report concerns an individual who claimed to have observed 'spaceships' inspecting the Gemini 3 launch while watching television. The observer described the object as disc-shaped and double-disked, bright and shining. The official Air Force conclusion for this incident was categorized as 'Other (PSYCHOLOGICAL).' The records include a Project 10073 record, a memorandum from the Department of the Air Force, and correspondence between the Foreign Technology Division and the observer. The investigating officer, Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., noted that the observer was a 'strong believer in flying saucers' and was unwilling to accept the Air Force's standard explanations. The observer insisted that the government was keeping information secret and that the vehicles were extraterrestrial and under intelligent control. The file also contains a separate, unrelated letter from a boy in Lexington, Massachusetts, who requested information on UFOs after seeing a 'great big white light' on March 24, 1965. The Air Force responded to this request by providing standard information about Project Blue Book, stating that all reported aerial phenomena had been proven to be man-made, atmospheric, or celestial in origin. The document provides a clear view of the administrative process for handling civilian UFO reports during the mid-1960s, including the use of standardized questionnaires (FTD Form 164) and the dismissive stance taken by the Air Force toward reports from individuals they deemed to have psychological motivations or pre-existing beliefs in extraterrestrial phenomena.