Project 10073 Record Card - Sighting Report, Puente, California, 1 February 1954

This document is a formal Report of Investigation (ROI) concerning an Unidentified Flying Object sighting in Puente, California, on 1 February 1954. The investigation was initiated by the 18th District Office of Special Investigations (OSI) at the request of Colonel Arthur T. Cameron. The primary witnesses were a husband and wife who reported observing a bell-shaped, shiny silver object with fuzzy edges and a radiant red-orange bottom at approximately 1015 hours. The object was estimated to be at an altitude of 5,000 to 6,000 feet and was in view for approximately 30 seconds. The female witness, who used 8x32 field glasses to observe the object, noted that it appeared to drift and then vanished. Following the sighting, the husband collected a substance from the air that he described as resembling cobwebs or spun glass. He placed this substance in a jar, but reported that it seemed to evaporate or disappear upon contact with the air. The investigation included interviews with the witnesses and a review of the physical evidence, which consisted of a small strand of material in a jar. The OSI conducted checks with local law enforcement and the FBI, yielding no derogatory information. The official conclusion of the investigation was that there was insufficient data to evaluate the sighting. The report suggests several possibilities for the residue, including industrial spiders or chemical plants, but notes that no definitive association between the object and the residue could be established. The case was officially closed by the Office of Special Investigations on 19 February 1954, with the physical evidence forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for further analysis.