Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — York, Pennsylvania, 11 November 1966
AI-Generated Summary
A 1966 sighting report from York, Pennsylvania, describing a metallic, cone-shaped object with fins. The U.S. Air Force concluded the object was possibly an aircraft.
On November 11, 1966, at 2130Z, a civilian witness in York, Pennsylvania, observed an unidentified aerial object. The witness described the object as a metallic, silver, cone-shaped craft featuring fins. The object was observed for approximately five seconds as it traveled in a slightly downward trajectory before disappearing behind a house. The witness, an 18-year-old male, reported the incident to his parents and siblings. Upon attempting to relocate the object after it vanished behind the house, the witness was unable to find it again. The witness noted that the object made no sound. The U.S. Air Force documented this event under Project 10073. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the description provided by the witness was consistent with that of an aircraft.
Observer watched a silver cone shaped object travel slightly downward and disappear behind a house in about five seconds. The object was bright and silvery and looked like a metallic silver. No sound was heard. Fins were noted by the observer.
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Official Assessment
Aircraft(possible)
The observer reported a silver, cone-shaped object with fins that traveled slightly downward and disappeared behind a house. The observation lasted approximately five seconds. The official conclusion is that the description is consistent with an aircraft.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian
Key Persons
- ParentsReported sighting to
- Brother and sisterReported sighting to