Project 10073 Record: Multiple UFO Sightings in Brooklyn, New York (July-August 1968)

This document collection details a series of reports received by the Air Force's Aerial Phenomena Office regarding unidentified aerial phenomena in Brooklyn, New York, during July and August 1968. The reports, primarily submitted by a group of local youths, describe sightings of objects characterized as self-luminous, oval-shaped with wing-like protrusions, and capable of hovering and zig-zagging maneuvers. Witnesses reported the objects as red and white, emitting a humming sound, and occasionally causing static on local televisions. The Air Force, specifically the Aerial Phenomena Office under Lt. Colonel Hector Quintanilla, Jr., investigated these claims, requesting photographic data and original negatives from the witnesses. However, the official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the reports were unreliable. The investigators determined that the sightings were likely a coordinated prank by a group of youngsters attempting to see how many collect calls they could force the Air Force to accept. Despite the persistence of the callers and their claims of having photographic evidence, the Air Force maintained that the reports were not credible and instructed local duty officers to stop accepting collect calls from the Brooklyn area, referring the callers instead to local Air Force bases like Stewart AFB and Suffolk County AFB.