Project 10073 Record Card — St. Johns, Newfoundland, 18 April 1955

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated military teletype message regarding a UFO sighting reported in St. Johns, Newfoundland, on 18 April 1955. Civilians reported observing a single light moving from west to east at an altitude of approximately 5,000 feet. The sighting was reported to Captain Beasley of the CIS, NEAC, by an employee of a local radio station. Military intelligence conducted an investigation into the report, noting that there was no unusual meteorological or astronomical activity, no physical evidence, and no radar contact. The investigation concluded that the object was not an unidentified phenomenon but rather an aircraft. Specifically, the report identifies the object as a C-124 aircraft (also referenced as a C-54 in the teletype) that was conducting a local engineering test flight. The light observed by the witnesses was an external light intentionally fastened to the engine of the aircraft to facilitate observation from the interior of the plane. The record card and the teletype confirm that the sighting was correlated with this specific flight activity, effectively closing the case as an identified aircraft sighting.