Project 10073 Record Card - Pleasant View, Washington

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated teletype message regarding a UFO sighting on July 29, 1955, near Pleasant View, Washington. The sighting involved two large, silver, saucer-shaped objects observed by Mrs. Grace Reece and five other individuals at a Ground Observer Corps (GOC) post. The objects were observed for approximately 15 minutes and were reported to be moving in a southwest direction. The report notes that while the observers claimed the objects were moving, the local wind conditions did not clearly support the theory that they were balloons. Despite this, two qualified balloon directors identified the objects as part of the Moby Dick project, which served as the basis for the official conclusion that the objects were balloons. The teletype message, sent from the 9th Air Division at Geiger Field, Spokane, to the Air Defense Command and the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), provides additional technical details, including the fact that a senior director reported no radar contact in the area. Notably, the teletype also contains a conflicting remark stating that winds reported by the 9th Air Division weather section indicated the objects could not have been balloons, suggesting internal disagreement or uncertainty regarding the final classification of the event.