Project 10073 Record: Sighting Incident at Enid AFB, Oklahoma, 21 April 1949

This document is a comprehensive record of an Unconventional Aircraft sighting reported by a Lieutenant Colonel at Enid Air Force Base, Oklahoma, on the night of 21 April 1949. The observer, a pilot with over 2,000 hours of flight time, reported seeing a white, opalescent, ball-shaped object with a tail approximately 100 feet long. The object was observed for approximately two seconds at an altitude of 2,000 feet, traveling from east to west at what the observer estimated to be supersonic speed. The observer initially mistook the object for an aircraft flying at right angles to the traffic pattern, but upon closer inspection, realized it was not an aircraft due to the lack of controls or stabilizers and the presence of a long, trailing tail. The observer noted that the object faded from view without exploding or making contact with any other object. The report includes a formal Project 10073 record, teletype communications between Enid AFB and the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, and a signed statement from the observer. The official conclusion reached by the intelligence officers was that the object was a meteor. The document also contains correspondence from a member of the National Parks Association who reported a similar aerial phenomenon in Unity, Maryland, on the same date, which was investigated by the Air Force as part of the same inquiry. The file includes detailed questionnaires, sketches of the object's path, and administrative routing slips, reflecting the standard intelligence gathering procedures of the era regarding unidentified aerial phenomena.