Project 10073 Record Card — Franklin, Wisconsin, 26 June 1954

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting in Franklin, Wisconsin, on 26 June 1954. The sighting involved a single, round, orange and red object that appeared larger than a basketball. Two witnesses, a civilian described as a reliable city supervisor and a military member from the US Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, observed the object for approximately 45 minutes. The witnesses reported that the object exhibited no sound, tail, trail, or exhaust, and moved at a slow, steady rate in a west-northwest direction before disappearing below the horizon. The observation was made at night without the use of optical aids. Weather conditions were reported as clear with visibility exceeding 15 miles. Following an investigation, the official conclusion reached by the Wright Patterson Flight Service Center was that the object was a weather balloon launched from the Federal Weather Bureau Station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The document also includes an unrelated informational note regarding a photograph taken by Karl Magnusson in Iceland during a solar eclipse on 30 June 1954, which was sent to SAUCER NEWS by Skuli Skulason.