Project 10073 Record — Middletown, Pennsylvania, 22 November 1966

On November 22, 1966, at approximately 7:40 PM, a civilian witness in Middletown, Pennsylvania, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witness, who identified themselves as a private airplane pilot with thirty years of experience and some knowledge of meteorology, described the object as a bluish-white, star-like light. According to the report, the object traversed the sky in a southeasterly direction over a duration of approximately six seconds. The witness noted that the object maintained a constant brilliance until the lower part of its arc, where it gradually diminished until it disappeared. The observer explicitly stated there was no sound associated with the object and that it did not appear to be a concentrated beam of light. The sighting occurred under clear, dry night sky conditions. The official conclusion recorded in the Project 10073 file is that the description provided by the witness is consistent with an astronomical observation, specifically a meteor. The witness also noted that they reported the sighting to the National Investigation on Aerial Phenomena Research Organization in Washington, D.C.