Project 10073 Record: Sighting in Rome, New York, 30 October 1965

This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding a UFO sighting reported on 30 October 1965 in Rome, New York. The observer, a newscaster for station WRNY, reported seeing a white pinhead of light that moved rapidly from the vicinity of Venus toward the North, disappearing near the Big Dipper. The observation lasted approximately one minute. Following the report, the 285th Air Base Group at Griffiss Air Force Base conducted an investigation. The tower at Griffiss AFB confirmed that a C-130 aircraft had landed seven minutes prior to the report, but no other traffic or radar returns were noted. In a follow-up memorandum dated 8 November 1965, Lt. Colonel J. M. Rodgers informed Major Quintanilla at AFSC that the report did not meet the criteria for AFR 200-2 but was submitted because the observer had broadcast the incident as news. The investigator, Captain Richard T. Brown, concluded that the sighting was likely a known object, such as a star or a meteor. The reporting officer expressed significant skepticism regarding the observer's reliability, noting a history of irresponsible reporting and questioning the observer's ability to distinguish between a meteor and an unidentified object.