PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Homerville, Georgia, 5 August 1954

On August 5, 1954, at 0740Z, a police officer in Homerville, Georgia, reported a sighting of an unidentified aerial object. The witness described the object as small, round, and blue, emitting sparks while moving in a northeasterly direction. The object was observed bobbing up and down at an elevation of 45 degrees for a duration of 10 minutes. The report notes that the winds were blowing from the west at the time of the sighting. The incident was documented on a Project 10073 record card and subsequently reported to the nearest GCI station and the Maxwell Flight Service Center at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center was that the description provided by the witness was consistent with a balloon observation. The report includes detailed meteorological data for various altitudes, ranging from the surface to 30,000 feet, which were likely used to evaluate the trajectory and nature of the object.