Project 10073 Record Card — Sighting Report, Saginaw, Michigan, 9 August 1955

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype communications regarding a UFO sighting reported in Saginaw, Michigan, on August 9, 1955. The witness, identified as a local steel worker, reported observing a rectangular object with a white center and red and green sides. The witness noted that the object appeared after 2300 hours, was sometimes stationary, and produced no sound. The report includes technical details regarding the object's position, noting a beam of light and an altitude estimate of 25,000 to 30,000 feet. The object was observed to move slightly north from an initial position of 290 degrees azimuth to 326 degrees. The investigation, conducted under the auspices of the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) and following Air Force Regulation 200-2, concluded that the sighting was an astronomical event. Specifically, the object was identified as the star Arcturus. The report notes that the Assistant Operations Officer investigated the possibility of a weather balloon, but found negative results. The documentation includes standard military reporting formats, including teletype headers addressed to various Air Defense Command units, confirming the administrative handling of the sighting within the Air Force intelligence structure.