Project 10073 Record Card and Air Intelligence Information Report — Lubbock, Texas, 2 August 1952

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an Air Intelligence Information Report (IR-38-52) detailing a sighting that occurred on 2 August 1952 in Lubbock, Texas. A group of five civilian men reported observing a spherical, metallic object hovering in mid-air for approximately six minutes. The object, estimated to be 24 inches in diameter, exhibited a quivering motion before moving in a straight, level flight path toward the east and disappearing into a cloud bank. The observation was made with the naked eye at an estimated altitude of 10,000 feet. The report notes that the witness was familiar with weather balloons and explicitly stated the object was not a balloon. Weather conditions at the time were clear with 15-mile visibility and scattered clouds at 30,000 feet. No physical evidence, photographs, or radar contact were associated with the event. The investigating officer, Lieutenant John M. Massullo, interviewed the witness and described him as a well-educated, intelligent, and sincere individual. The report concludes that there was no known meteorological activity to which the sighting could be attributed, and no interception or identification action was taken by military aircraft in the area. The document also includes a separate, unrelated teletype message regarding a different sighting of an unconventional object by a pilot and radar observer in the vicinity of lower Delaware on the same date, which was also reported to the Air Technical Center.