Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — St James, New York, 21 April 1966
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A sighting report from April 1966 in St. James, New York, involving a green-white light observed by a civilian. The Air Force officially concluded the object was a meteor.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record and supporting correspondence regarding a UFO sighting on April 21, 1966, in St. James, New York. The primary witness, Otto Schoenstein, reported observing a green-white object moving at a tremendous speed from west to east. The observation lasted approximately three to five seconds. In a follow-up letter dated April 26, 1966, the witness described the object as a blue-green ball of light with a white exhaust trail, noting that it moved horizontally before descending in a manner similar to an aircraft. The witness explicitly stated he did not see a physical flying object, only the lights. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 form is 'Astro (METEOR)'. Internal military communications noted that the sighting occurred during a NORAD exercise (LUTE XVII) involving F-101 aircraft, which may have contributed to the witness's observations, though the final determination remained that the phenomenon was a meteor.
I saw a blue-green ball of light moving fairly rapidly, low, horizontally in the sky from east to north or east to west.
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Official Assessment
Astro (METEOR)
The object was identified as a meteor. A witness report from Otto Schoenstein described a blue-green ball of light moving horizontally, which was later investigated in the context of a NORAD exercise (LUTE XVII) involving F-101 jets, though the final conclusion remained 'Astro (METEOR)'.