Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting at Storm Lake, Iowa, 10 October 1955

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype communications regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on October 10, 1955, in Storm Lake, Iowa. The primary witness was a local college student who observed a single object for one hour and four minutes. The witness described the object as having a red, green, and white appearance, noting that it produced no sound and left no trail before eventually fading from view. The report indicates that the observation occurred under clear weather conditions. Military authorities, specifically the 788th AC&W Squadron at Waverly AFS, conducted an investigation into the sighting. The report explicitly notes that there was no radar contact (CRT contact) associated with the event. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, the Air Technical Intelligence Center, was that the object was possibly a star or planet, noting that exact positional data was not provided by the witness. The documentation includes standard military reporting formats, including references to AFR 200-2, and identifies 1st Lieutenant E.A. Oathout as the USAF ADDC Director involved in the reporting process.