The article below was published in the daily newspaper The Patriot Ledger, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on July 18, 1963.
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CAMBRIDGE. -- A top New England astronomer said yesterday the photograph taken several weeks ago by a Patriot Ledger Staff Reporter "comes very close to scientific evidence about UFO's."
The astronomer was Dr. Gerald S. Hawkins, director of the Boston University Observatory and staffastronomer at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory abd the Harvard College Observatory.
Dr. Hawkins said the color slide, which shows a red-orange object maneuvering in rectangular patterns over Wollaston, "is forcing astronomers to think hard for the very first time about these UFO's."
He based his comments, he said, on a preliminary analysis of the photograph printed in the July 6 issue of The Patriot Ledger. He said he would analyze the original slide before making any final opinions, however.
Dr. Hawkins said he, like most astronomers, "is forced to discount almost all the visual sightings of these UFO's."
"But a picture with this details comes very close to scientific evidence."
He also said the photograph taken by Staff Reported Richerd Pothier would probably go on the record books as "The Quincy Incident."
