Project 10073 Record — Monbridge, South Carolina, 31 October 1954

This document is a Project 10073 record detailing an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting that occurred on October 31, 1954, at 0725Z over Monbridge, South Carolina. The report documents a single object observed by both military and civilian personnel, including operators from the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) radio range stations in Charlotte, Columbia, Raleigh, and Florence. The observation lasted between 5 and 10 seconds. Witnesses described the object as a white light that turned into all colors of the rainbow, appearing as a bright fire or light in descent before disappearing by fading. The flight path was described as vertical, moving downward. The report notes that there was no physical evidence, no photographs, and no radar contact associated with the event. Weather conditions at the time were reported as having a scattered ceiling of 1,100 feet, 15 miles visibility, and no thunderstorms. The official conclusion reached by the investigating officers, including Captain Haynes N. Hunter of the USAF, was that the object was an astronomical phenomenon, specifically a meteor. An investigator's note acknowledges that the description was consistent with a meteor, with the exception of the lack of a trailing tail. The document includes teletype communications between various military and civilian aviation facilities, confirming the details of the observation and the subsequent assessment.