Project 10073 Record Card and Observers Questionnaires — Elizabethtown, Kentucky and District Heights, Maryland

This document contains a collection of Project 10073 record cards, observer questionnaires, and an Air Intelligence Information Report regarding two separate sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena in 1952. The first incident occurred on January 11, 1952, near Elizabethtown, Kentucky. The witness, an insurance adjuster, reported seeing a single, egg-shaped object that appeared to be moving in a straight line from ENE to SSW at an estimated altitude of 4,000 to 6,000 feet and a speed of 175 to 200 miles per hour. The object was described as having a brilliant glow and no sound was heard. The report notes that the sighting occurred approximately one hour and ten minutes after a scheduled balloon launch. The second incident involves a report from a Department of the Army employee in District Heights, Maryland, on September 12, 1952. This observer described the object as an oval, roman candle-like shape that was descending at the speed and angle of a passenger plane. The witness noted the object had a bright blue and green color and disappeared below the horizon in the west. The document includes correspondence from the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, dated September 15, 1952, acknowledging receipt of the reports and providing questionnaires for the witnesses to complete. The intelligence report for the Kentucky sighting concludes that there was no evidence of an intercept or identification, and notes that a T-6 aircraft was in the vicinity during the time of the observation. The files reflect the standard procedure for collecting and documenting civilian reports of UAP during the early 1950s.