Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — 18 January 1955
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A 1955 Project 10073 record card documenting a sighting of a globular object over the Pacific Ocean. The ATIC concluded the object was likely a KC-97 aircraft.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting that occurred over the Pacific Ocean on 18 January 1955 at 0810Z. The observer reported a single, globular-shaped object that was white and reddish in color. The object was observed for approximately three minutes and was noted to be flying level with the observer's aircraft. The witness reported that there was no sound associated with the object before it disappeared. The Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) evaluated the report and concluded that the object was likely a KC-97 aircraft flying in the opposite direction to the observer's aircraft. This conclusion is supported by the reporting officer's evaluation and is documented in ATIC report 209802, dated 19 January 1955, and referenced as IR-4-55, which is held in the ATIC repository.
Globular shape. No sound. White reddish color as object disappeared. Object flew level with a/c.
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Official Assessment
Probable KC-97 a/c flying in opposite direction to observer a/c. ATIC concurs in reporting officers evaluation of probable a/c.
The sighting was evaluated as a probable KC-97 aircraft.