Project 10073 Record Card — Fairfax, Virginia, 22 September 1952

This document is a collection of records pertaining to a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon in Fairfax, Virginia, on the evening of September 22, 1952. The primary witness was a Naval Aviator (Lt Cmdr) who observed the object while dining at home. He described the object as a slightly oblong, solid mass with a soft, greenish-white incandescent outline, moving horizontally across his field of vision. The observation lasted approximately three seconds. The witness noted that while local newspapers identified the object as a meteor, he believed it differed from a meteor because it lacked a tail and did not exhibit a falling trajectory. The witness was seated at a dinner table with three other adults at the time of the sighting. The report includes a Project 10073 record card, an observer questionnaire, and internal Air Force correspondence. The investigation was handled by Major Fournet of AFOIN-2A2. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center was that there was insufficient data for a definitive evaluation. Investigator notes suggest that a RAOB (Radiosonde Observation) would have been valuable to assess potential light refraction and atmospheric layer density. The document also references a separate, possibly related, sighting involving two to four objects reported by two policemen in the same area at 0115 hours on the same date, though this appears to be a distinct entry in the project records.