Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting of 9 March 1954

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated intelligence report regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on March 9, 1954, at 0530Z. The incident occurred at coordinates 42 17N - 47 35W over the Atlantic near Newfoundland. Two witnesses, a Major and a Captain from the 1700th Air Transport Group, observed two blue-white, baseball-shaped objects for approximately 10 seconds. The objects were described as moving in straight and level flight at an altitude of 10,000 feet, traveling at a speed estimated to be over 1,000 mph. The objects moved from the witnesses' 10 o'clock position to their 4 o'clock position before gradually growing smaller and disappearing. The weather was reported as clear. The reporting officer, Major Madison C. Thomas of the Intelligence Division at Westover Air Force Base, noted that while the lights appeared similar to jet afterburners, there was no known meteorological or astronomical explanation for the event. Despite the official conclusion on the record card suggesting they were 'probably fireball meteors,' the reporting officer's formal comments state that he found no explanation for the reported sighting. The report was submitted in accordance with AFR 200-2.