Project 10073 Record Card and Air Intelligence Information Report - 24 May 1952

This document consists of an Air Intelligence Information Report (IR-3-52) and a Project 10073 Record Card detailing a UAP sighting that occurred on 24 May 1952. At approximately 0900 MST, a 2nd Lieutenant in the USAF and his wife were traveling east on U.S. Highway 66, approximately 25 miles east of Santa Rosa, New Mexico. They observed a single, round, shiny silver object in the sky. The witnesses estimated the object to be ten to fifteen miles away and at a high altitude. The object remained stationary for approximately two minutes before moving rapidly to the south and disappearing. The witnesses reported that the sky was clear around the object, though there were higher clouds, and noted that no noise was audible. The report includes a formal statement from the 2nd Lieutenant, dated 18 June 1952, which was certified as a true extract copy by Lt. Col. Marion R. McCrackin. The official report, prepared by Major Richard H. McLEroy, notes that the observer was attached to the 4981st Food Service Squadron. A handwritten annotation on the witness statement suggests that the witness's wife later concluded the object was a balloon. The document was processed by the Air Technical Intelligence Center and was eventually declassified under DOD Directive 5200.10.