Project 10073 Record — Ithaca, New York, 30 September 1967

This document is a collection of records related to Project 10073 and Project Blue Book, primarily focusing on a sighting in Ithaca, New York, on September 30, 1967. The primary report describes a luminous yellow light moving at the speed of an Echo satellite, which appeared to disintegrate by dropping smaller yellow pieces. The official conclusion for this incident was that it was likely a 'garmet bag hot air balloon.' The file also contains extensive, unrelated correspondence from a witness in Rochester, New York, who submitted detailed, complex, and highly unusual reports regarding a sighting of numerous circular white discs on September 23, 1967. This witness, Paul M. O'Leary, attempted to link his sighting to religious doctrine and filed these reports with the Air Force, despite the Air Force's attempts to dismiss them as non-investigative. The document also includes various maps of the Rochester area, correspondence regarding photographs submitted by a witness in Windsor, Ontario (which were dismissed as 'fakes'), and general administrative correspondence regarding UFO reporting procedures and public relations.