Project 10073 Record — Hopedale, Massachusetts, 4 December 1966

This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding a UFO sighting in Hopedale, Massachusetts, on December 4, 1966. The witness, a 15-year-old male, reported observing a red blinking light while returning home from a football game. The witness and his father were in a moving car when they first noticed the object, which appeared to be a solid, blinking red light. They stopped the car to observe the object, which they estimated to be a couple of hundred feet high. The object initially appeared stationary before moving slowly toward the southern horizon and eventually disappearing. The witness noted that the night was very cold and clear, and that the object made no sound, leading them to conclude it was not an airplane. The witness also reported a separate sighting on December 27, 1966, while on a paper route. The Air Force Foreign Technology Division (FTD) reviewed the initial report and, in a letter dated February 1, 1967, requested that the witness complete an FTD Form 164, as the initial information was deemed insufficient for a scientific evaluation. The final conclusion recorded by the project was that the sighting was possibly an aircraft.