Project 10073 Record Card — Springfield, Illinois, 9 Oct 55

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated Unusual Flying Object Report regarding a sighting that occurred on October 9, 1955, in Springfield, Illinois. The report details the observation of a single object described as a star-like, white, bright light moving in an easterly direction. The witness, identified as a 16-year-old student, observed the object for a duration of two to three minutes. The report indicates that the observation was made with the naked eye and that the object eventually vanished. The report includes administrative routing information, noting that the 755th AC&W Squadron at Williams Bay, Wisconsin, transmitted the report to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, as well as to the Air Defense Command and the Director of Intelligence at HQ USAF. The official conclusion recorded on the card states that while the object was possibly an aircraft, there was insufficient data available to make a definitive evaluation. A later note in the report suggests the possibility that the object was a meteor. The document is marked as unclassified and follows the reporting procedures outlined in Air Force Regulation 200-2.