Project 10073 Record Card — Terryville, Connecticut, 10 May 1955

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype messages regarding an unidentified aerial sighting in Terryville, Connecticut, on May 10, 1955. The report documents a sighting by civilian witnesses, identified as a husband, wife, and father, who observed a single object described as appearing 'like a star' and blue in color. The witnesses reported that the object, which appeared to be the size of a pea held at arm's length, moved at a very high rate of speed. According to the teletype report, the object initially moved straight up, then proceeded to an Initial Point (IP) before moving out on a horizontal tangent. It subsequently returned to the IP and hovered for approximately one minute before disappearing, only to reappear 30 minutes later. The witnesses noted that the object produced a sound similar to an aircraft. Military authorities, including the 773rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, processed the report and forwarded it to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The official conclusion reached by the investigators was that the object was likely an aircraft, specifically a jet operating with an afterburner. The documentation includes standard project record cards and a formal teletype message (JEPNO 6) detailing the witness information and the flight characteristics observed.