Project 10073 Record Card and Correspondence — Sighting of December 1955

This document collection contains records regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on December 5, 1955, in McIntosh, Minnesota. The primary record is a Project 10073 Record Card, which documents a report from a female witness who observed a silver, bat-shaped object. The witness described the object as appearing to be in three parts, though still a single entity, and noted that it produced a very loud noise, similar to a train. The object was observed for approximately one minute, during which it moved south, spinning and drifting. The official conclusion recorded on the card is 'Possibly Aircraft.' The file also includes correspondence from 1969, in which a different individual, an assistant civil engineer from Oroville, California, writes to Dr. Edward U. Condon regarding a separate, personal UFO sighting experience from 1955. This individual describes a high-speed object entering the atmosphere at a steep angle, which they observed while driving near San Jose, California. The author of this letter expresses concern about the conclusions of the Condon Report and seeks to have their sighting documented. The final document in the file is a response from Lt. Col. Hector Quintanilla, Jr., of the Aerospace Technologies Division, acknowledging the report but noting that the sighting is too old to investigate, though it will be included in Air Force files for information purposes.