Project 10073 Record Card — Twenty-Nine Palms, California, 7 May 1955

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial sighting reported on May 7, 1955, in Twenty-Nine Palms, California. The witness, identified as a retired motel owner, observed a single white object that appeared to hang in the sky at a five-degree elevation before disappearing to the west. The object was described as round, approximately three feet in diameter, and resembling a star. The observation lasted for approximately two moments. The report was processed by the 751st AC&W Squadron and forwarded to various military intelligence commands, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Official conclusions noted that after checking astronomical charts, it was considered improbable that the object was a star or other astronomical phenomenon. Given the lack of other unusual aerial activity in the area and the meteorological data provided, the investigating authorities concluded that the sighting was possibly an aircraft.