PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Winter and Obijwa, Wisconsin, 15 July 1954

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and associated teletype communications regarding an unidentified aerial sighting reported on July 15, 1954, near Winter and Obijwa, Wisconsin. A civilian witness, whose reliability was assessed as excellent, observed an object for approximately one hour and twenty-eight minutes. The witness described the object as round and possessing colors of silver, gold, red, and green. It appeared to have strings attached and exhibited a hanging, bobbing, back-and-forth movement. The sighting occurred during sunset, with the moon rising in the east. The object was reported to be moving north before disappearing at 2243Z on July 16, 1954. The report notes that a jet aircraft was flying north in the vicinity, and it was speculated that the object might have been dropped from or off of a jet-type aircraft. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center was that the object was a balloon, citing the description of the strings and the movement as consistent with such an identification.