Project 10073 Record Card — Wright-Patterson, Ohio, 25 July 1954

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a UFO sighting reported on July 25, 1954, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The witness, a 16-year-old member of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), observed a single circular object at approximately 0900 local time. The object was described as having a silver-white color with a black center, appearing three to four times as bright as the moon. The witness reported that the object started at the zenith and traveled in a straight line toward the northwest for about 10 degrees before disappearing. A trail, described as resembling a jet vapor trail, was left behind the object. The observation lasted for approximately five seconds under clear sky conditions with 10 miles of visibility and no wind. The witness, who was at the base for a CAP encampment and was reportedly going on guard duty at the time, provided a detailed description of the object's appearance and movement. The official conclusion recorded on the card states that there was insufficient data for a definitive analysis, noting that the distance traveled was not included in the report. The investigators suggested that the object could have been a meteor or a jet aircraft utilizing an afterburner.