Project 10073 Record — Brentwood, Long Island, New York, 29 October 1966

This document is a Project 10073 record concerning a UFO sighting reported in Brentwood, Long Island, New York, on October 29, 1966. The witness, a civilian who identified himself as a press reporter and photographer, observed a stationary, yellow, oval-shaped object in the western sky for approximately 3-4 minutes. According to the witness, a large cloud moved in front of the object, and after it emerged, it appeared as a bright blue-white light that proceeded eastward before speeding off at a very high rate of speed. The witness took several photographs of the object. The Air Force investigation concluded that there was insufficient data for evaluation. A technical analysis of the photographs revealed that the images were not of an unidentified craft, but rather the stars of Orion's belt and the star Rigel, which appeared as streaks due to the camera being panned during long exposures. The report explicitly states that there was no evidence of intentional fraud by the witness, suggesting instead that the witness was attempting to photograph something but only succeeded in recording irrelevant background material. The document includes the original Air Force technical information questionnaire completed by the witness, as well as copies of newspaper clippings from the 'Island Press' regarding the sighting and a separate, unrelated investigation into the 'Minutemen' organization.