Project 10073 Record Card and UFOB Report — Dakota City, Nebraska, September 1955

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated UFOB report regarding an aerial sighting that occurred on September 10, 1955, in Dakota City, Nebraska. The witness, identified as a housewife and deemed reliable, reported observing a single, round, silver object that orbited or circled for a duration of eight minutes. The observation was made during daylight hours under clear visibility conditions with strong surface winds. The report indicates that no photographs were taken and there was no radar contact associated with the sighting. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, ATIC, was that there was insufficient data to provide a definitive identification of the object. The report suggests that the sighting could potentially be attributed to ducks in the area or a weather balloon. The documentation includes a formal teletype message sent from the 739th AC&W Squadron in Omaha, Nebraska, to various military commands, including the Air Defense Command and the Air Technical Intelligence Center, detailing the characteristics of the object and the environmental conditions at the time of the report.