Project 10073 Record — Tonawanda, New York, September 1965

This document contains a Project Blue Book sighting report regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed in Tonawanda, New York, in September 1965. The primary witness was a 12-year-old boy who reported seeing a brilliant, whitish, cigar-shaped object moving rapidly across the sky. The witness estimated the duration of the sighting to be approximately 20 seconds, noting that the object moved at a 35-degree upward angle and made no sound. The witness later provided a detailed questionnaire and a hand-drawn sketch of the object, comparing its appearance to a watch without a band. The Air Force, under the direction of Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., initially requested more information from the witness's parents, who were unaware of the report until contacted. Following the submission of the questionnaire, the official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the object was a meteor. The report includes correspondence between the Air Force and the witness's family, the completed technical information questionnaire, and the witness's own narrative descriptions of the event.