Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — 29 Jan 52
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A USAF pilot reported a brilliant green spheroid with a red and orange tail over Falls Church, Virginia, on January 29, 1952. The witness explicitly stated the object did not resemble a meteor or meteorite.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting that occurred on January 29, 1952. The observation was made at 18:30 EST in Falls Church, Virginia, by a witness identified as a USAF pilot. The duration of the sighting was recorded as 15 to 30 seconds. The witness described the object as a brilliant green spheroid featuring an orange and red tail. The tail was noted to be narrower than the diameter of the spheroid, with a length approximately three times the diameter of the object itself. The object was observed traveling at a high rate of speed on a southwest course. The record card explicitly notes that the witness stated the object did not resemble any meteor or meteorite they had previously encountered. The document also references a 'CARD #2' and contains a handwritten notation mentioning 'PHILADELPHIA, PA'. The report indicates that no photographs were taken and no radar contact was established. The document serves as a formal record of the incident for the project's files.
Observer stated that object did not resemble a meteor or meteorite he had ever seen.
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