Project 10073 Record Card and Correspondence — Hamilton, Alabama, 1954

This document collection details the administrative handling of a report concerning a potential meteorite impact on a farm in Hamilton, Alabama, on December 1, 1954. The civilian source reported that the object created a hole in the earth measuring 9 feet wide, 4 feet deep, and 52 feet long. The source requested an inspection of the site and sought financial compensation for the event. The Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) initially attempted to coordinate an investigation through Maxwell Air Force Base. However, internal correspondence from May 1959 reveals significant logistical difficulties in conducting the investigation. Colonel Leslie M. Norton of Maxwell Air Force Base informed ATIC that his staff was over 200 miles away from the site and was fully occupied with high-priority projects, making an on-site investigation impossible. Furthermore, the source did not possess a telephone, complicating communication. Consequently, ATIC relieved Maxwell Air Force Base of the responsibility for the investigation, and the case was officially closed with the conclusion of 'Insufficient Data for Evaluation,' as it was deemed unprofitable to pursue further.