Project 10073 Record Card — NW Atlanta, Ga, 4 Sep 55

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated military teletype report regarding an aerial sighting in Northwest Atlanta, Georgia, on September 4, 1955. The sighting involved a round, white-yellow, extremely bright object observed by eight individuals, including a pilot from Eastern Air Lines. The observation lasted between 45 seconds and one minute. The witnesses described the object as moving in a southwesterly direction. Following an investigation by Detachment 4 of the 12th Radar Bomb Scoring (RBS) group at Atlanta Airport, Captain B. W. Bennett concluded that the object was a B-36 aircraft. The investigation determined that the B-36 was operating in the same area and on the same flight path as the reported object, and that the visual phenomenon was likely caused by the aircraft's scanner searchlight, which was operating from a blister on the side of the plane. The report notes that while the B-36 crew did not report seeing the object, the estimated altitude of 25,000 feet provided by the ground observers matched the altitude at which the B-36 aircraft were flying at the time.