Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record: Sighting in Kingston, Massachusetts, 22 April 1966
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A 1966 UFO sighting in Kingston, Massachusetts, was investigated by Project Blue Book and officially attributed to a meteor based on corroborating data from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
This document details a UFO sighting reported in Kingston, Massachusetts, on 22 April 1966. A single civilian witness, a legal secretary, observed a round, green object for approximately three minutes. The object was described as moving slowly toward the west before sinking into the horizon, leaving a spark trail upon its disappearance. The report was processed under Project Blue Book. The Air Force initiated an investigation, requesting further information via FTD Form 164, which was not returned by the witness. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force, supported by data from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was that the sighting was caused by an extremely bright meteor observed in the area at the time. The document includes the original staff message, a follow-up letter from Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., and the project record summary.
Cause of sighting is believed to be a meteor.
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Official Assessment
Cause of sighting is believed to be a meteor.
The object was identified as a meteor based on reports from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory regarding a bright meteor in the observer's area at the time of the sighting.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Legal Secretary
Key Persons
- HECTOR QUINTANILLA, JrChief, Project Blue Book