Project 10073 Record Card - Manston, England - 10 Oct 52

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype reports regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting on October 10, 1952, at RAF Station Manston, England. Four military personnel, including Sergeant Robert F. Cater, Corporal Elwood A. Jones, Corporal J. C. Wheeler, and Private George S. Krouse, observed two objects for approximately eight minutes. The witnesses described the objects as glittering silver, round in shape, and approximately three to four inches long and one inch thick. The objects were observed hovering in a circular pattern before rolling on their sides and disappearing. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with five miles of visibility and haze. The report explicitly states that there was no sound and no exhaust associated with the objects. Although the station is a USAF fighter base, it was confirmed that no aircraft were in the immediate vicinity at the time of the sighting. The report includes a note that more information was expected to follow. The documentation was processed by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) and was later downgraded under DOD Directive 5200.10.