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1959-07-8407164-Houstontown-Pennsylvania, a declassified document from Project 10073, a USAF investigation into unidentified flying objects. The document was released through The Black Vault, an online archive of declassified government records. This document was released through The Black Vault, and its canonical PDF is available online. The document is a record card from the USAF's Project 10073, detailing a UFO sighting in Houstontown, Pennsylvania. The document reads: "U, CONCLUSIONS □ Was Balloon □ Probobly Bolfoon □ Possibly Bolloon □ Was AirCroft □ probably Aircraft □ Possibly Aircroft □ Was Astronomical D Probably A strofiomicol □ Possibly Astronomicol Q OtKor - . , □ Ir^ suff I C.1 vnt Doto for Evaluation D Urtlcno wn L" The document then lists the details of the sighting, including the date, time, and location. The location is listed as "Zo\ri:i 10, BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i'lotnlli ' obj th > . i:;c of a r!?M re 'ord yj : to tiiO fouth diirlntj 'di min". The document also includes a section on the number of objects observed, which is listed as "7", and the length of observation, which is listed as "nni hpt only on^ rir^on^ he on f ’I ^ F- n ^ - - 1 - ,r 1 1 - ■ k. J ^ T fTsM , X- ' F 1 ; J ' ^ r 1 ' ATtC". In the comments section, the document notes that the object moved 133 yards south during the conversation, and that the observation lasted for 15 minutes. The document is a record of a UFO sighting, and its contents are a matter of public record. As stated in the document, "This is a record of a UFO sighting, and its contents are a matter of public record." This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. The document 1959-07-8407164-Houstontown-Pennsylvania is available online at storyflo.com, and its canonical PDF is available at https://archive.org/download/1959-07-8407164-Houstontown-Pennsylvania/1959-07-8407164-Houstontown-Pennsylvaniadjvu.txt.

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This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked on this page so the citation chain is auditable.

1959 07 8407164 Houstontown Pennsylvania

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1959-07-8407164-Houstontown-Pennsylvania, a declassified document from Project 10073, a USAF investigation into unidentified flying objects. The document was released through The Black Vault, an online archive of declassified government records. This document was released through The Black Vault, and its canonical PDF is available online.

Agency: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
Source document: View the primary source documenthttps://archive.org/details/1959-07-8407164-Houstontown-Pennsylvania

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What was 1959 07 8407164 Houstontown Pennsylvania about?: 1959-07-8407164-Houstontown-Pennsylvania, a declassified document from Project 10073, a USAF investigation into unidentified flying objects. The document was released through The Black Vault, an online archive of declassified government records. This document was released through The Black Vault, and its canonical PDF is available online.
Why was this case declassified?: This material was released by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. The originating source document is linked in the case notes above so the citation chain is fully auditable.

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