Project 10073 Record Card and Air Intelligence Information Report — Topeka, Kansas, 29 April 1952

This document comprises a Project 10073 record card and an Air Intelligence Information Report detailing an Unidentified Flying Object sighting in Topeka, Kansas, on April 29, 1952. The report was prepared by the Directorate of Intelligence of the 90th Bombardment Wing at Forbes Air Force Base. The witness, an 87-year-old woman, reported observing a pale pink, oval-shaped object for approximately 30 seconds at 2000 hours. According to the report, the object appeared to be roughly 3.5 feet in diameter and 1.5 feet in width. The witness observed the object moving in a straight and level path, initially traveling west and later returning in an east-south-east direction. The investigation, conducted by Special Agent Delmar G. Fox of the Office of Special Investigations (OSI), determined that there were no conventional aircraft or weather balloons in the vicinity at the time of the sighting. Furthermore, the Department of Astronomy at Washburn University was contacted, but they provided no information regarding unusual phenomena. The official conclusion suggests that the sighting was likely caused by searchlights from local drive-in theaters reflecting against broken clouds at an altitude of 10,000 feet. The report notes that the witness had a very poor technical background and that no physical evidence or radar contact was associated with the event.