Project 10073 Record: Sighting at Teaticket, Mass, 17 April 1966

On April 17, 1966, at 2330Z, a civilian observer in Teaticket, Massachusetts, reported sighting two red flashing circles in the sky. The objects were described as being the size of two apples and were observed flying in a side-by-side formation. The observer noted that the objects were traveling west and ascending above the horizon. After ten minutes of observation, the objects disappeared, and a red-white trail appeared between the two red lights, described as resembling a rocket thruster igniting. The observer, a student, was interviewed via telephone, and their reliability was assessed as good. Military intelligence officers investigated the report and concluded that the sighting was likely caused by the after-burner exhaust glow and navigation lights of an F-100 aircraft. Records indicate that a transient F-100 from Andrews AFB was indeed in the vicinity of Otis AFB at the time of the sighting and landed shortly thereafter at 2356Z.