Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Hanover and McSherrystown, Pennsylvania, 5 October 1965
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1965 Air Force report regarding a UFO sighting in Pennsylvania. The object was identified as a star or planet after a 20-minute observation by a youth and a radio announcer.
This document is a Project 10073 record detailing a UFO sighting that occurred on October 5, 1965, in the vicinity of Hanover and McSherrystown, Pennsylvania. At approximately 2150 hours, a youth contacted Mr. Paul Clayton, a radio announcer at the WHVR studio, to report an unidentified object. The witness described the object as oval-shaped, white, and approximately the size of a golf ball. The object was observed at tree-top level for a duration of 20 minutes, exhibiting hovering behavior accompanied by rapid forward accelerations and deaccelerations. The report notes that the object was observed from two locations and that a light-bearing aircraft appeared to be circling the object. Weather conditions at the time were reported as night with scattered clouds. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force investigation was that the object was likely an astronomical body (star or planet), noting that the motion was in accord with such reports, though the specific object remained unidentified. The document includes a note that an advance copy was forwarded to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).
Could be balloon, but object observed for 20 minutes and object did not rise more likely an astro body, with impression that a/c was circling object.
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Official Assessment
Astro (STAR/PLANET). Motion in accord with Astro (Star/Planet) report. Positional data omitted. Specific object not identified.
The object was observed for 20 minutes by a youth and verified by a radio announcer. While the motion was erratic, the official conclusion attributed the sighting to an astronomical body, noting the possibility that an aircraft was circling the object.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Paul ClaytonWHVR radio announcer
- Merrill A Green JrAirdrome Officer