PROJECT 10073 RECORD - Yorktown-Walden, New York - 5 Feb 67

This document is a Project 10073 record detailing a sighting reported by two civilian observers in Yorktown-Walden, New York, on February 5, 1967. The observers reported seeing an egg-shaped, fiery object with a fiery tail passing overhead for approximately 30 seconds. They described the object as white and pink in color, appearing the size of a pea at arm's length, and noted that it produced a 'thunderous noise' and caused their house to shake as it passed. The investigation, conducted by Capt. Stephen Levine, concluded that the phenomenon was an F-101 aircraft. Capt. Levine observed an F-101 making a low-level pass over runway 27 at Stewart AFB at approximately 2300 hours. He noted that the pilot lit the afterburners and executed a right turn out of traffic at a low altitude. The investigator determined that this flight path would have taken the aircraft directly over the observers' positions at the time of their sighting, and he noted that the observers' descriptions matched his own observations of the aircraft perfectly.