Project 10073 Record Card — Charleston, Maine, 5 July 1955

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and associated teletype communication regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on July 5, 1955, in Charleston, Maine. The report details a sighting of a single, round, orange object observed for a duration of seven minutes. According to the witness, the object exhibited unusual flight characteristics, appearing to move back and forth and ascend while maintaining a general straight-line trajectory. The observation occurred under conditions described as clear with light ground haze. The report was filed by 1/LT C.W. White of the 765th AC&W Squadron. Official military evaluation of the incident, documented on the UFOB Index Card, concluded that there was insufficient data to determine the nature of the object. Internal comments on the index card suggest that the limited information provided, combined with the duration and flight path, led investigators to consider the possibility that the object was a weather balloon, though no definitive identification was made. The teletype communication confirms the distribution of this report to various Air Defense Command units, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.