Project 10073 Record Card — Wadena, Minnesota, 14 August 1955

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype report detailing a UFO sighting that occurred on August 14, 1955, in Wadena, Minnesota. The witnesses, identified as individuals associated with the Wadena Pioneer Journal, reported observing an object for approximately 40 minutes. The object was described as being flat on the top and bottom, whitish in color, and resembling shiny aluminum. It featured a 'V' shape on the bottom from the front to the rear and a dark row along the side that the witnesses compared to Pullman train windows. The object was reported to be extremely bright, silent, and capable of moving against the wind before climbing rapidly out of sight. The report was processed by the 739th ACWRON and forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center. Despite the witnesses' detailed description of the object's physical characteristics and its anomalous movement against the wind, the official conclusion recorded on the card identified the object as the star Vega. The investigating officer, 1st Lt. Eben W. Dodson, noted in the comments section that while the duration of the sighting seemed too long for a balloon and the motion was contrary to the wind, the identification remained as an astronomical star.