Project 10073 Record: Sighting of 25 April 1966

This document is a collection of records regarding a series of sightings of an unidentified aerial phenomenon on April 25, 1966, across the Northeastern United States. Numerous civilian reports described a bright, blue-green object with a long exhaust trail, traveling at a high rate of speed in a northerly direction. Many witnesses reported that the object broke into pieces and was accompanied by loud explosions or sonic booms. The Air Force, specifically Project Blue Book, investigated these reports and concluded that the phenomenon was a spectacular meteor. This conclusion was supported by the Smithsonian Institute and widely reported in the news media, which attributed the sightings to a meteorite or a satellite burning up in the atmosphere. The file includes correspondence from Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of Project Blue Book, to witnesses requesting further information and photographs, as well as internal reports from the 911th Troop Carrier Group and various newspaper clippings detailing the public reaction and scientific commentary on the event.