PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - 28 July 1954 Sighting

On July 28, 1954, at 2135 hours, a civilian witness, identified as a Reverend, observed an unidentified aerial object over Washington, D.C. The object was described as round, light yellow in color, and approximately the size of a baseball. The witness reported that the object was flying in a north-west direction and maneuvering parallel to the earth's surface at an estimated altitude of five miles. Notably, the witness observed exhaust on the entire outer edge of the object and noted that it blinked its lights twice. The observation lasted for approximately two minutes before the object passed out of the range of vision. No sound was reported, and no aircraft were noted in the vicinity at the time of the sighting. The incident was documented via a teletype message from HQ USAF Washington D.C. to various commands, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. A Project 10073 record card was subsequently generated to track the incident. The official evaluation provided in the documentation concludes that the event was a 'probable a/c sighting' (probable aircraft sighting).