Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Little America, Wyoming, Spring 1955
AI-Generated Summary
A civilian reported four spinning, orange, grapefruit-sized objects in Wyoming in 1955. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as likely being parhelia but ultimately classified it as insufficient data due to the lack of corroborating witnesses.
This document comprises an Air Intelligence Information Report and associated records regarding a UFO sighting that occurred in the spring of 1955, approximately 12 to 15 miles west of Little America, Wyoming. The report was formally processed on November 14, 1958, by the 27th Air Division (Defense) at Norton Air Force Base, California. The primary witness, a civilian stockbroker from Covina, California, reported observing four bright orange objects, each approximately the size of a grapefruit. The witness described the objects as spinning discs exhibiting a halo effect. The sighting lasted for approximately five minutes, during which the objects traveled in a northerly direction. The witness's attention was initially drawn to the objects when three or four cars stopped to observe them. The report includes a UFOB Worksheet and a two-foot reel of film provided by the source. The official evaluation, conducted by the Air Technical Intelligence Center, concluded that the evidence was insufficient for a definitive identification. The investigators noted that the witness likely observed parhelia (sun dogs), but due to the lack of corroborating witnesses, the case was classified as having insufficient data for evaluation. The document is marked as unclassified and was forwarded in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2.
The evidence indicates that the witness probably observed parhelia. However, there is only one witness; therefore, sighting evaluated as insufficient data.
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Official Assessment
The evidence indicates that the witness probably observed parhelia. However, there is only one witness; therefore, sighting evaluated as insufficient data.
The sighting was evaluated as insufficient data due to the presence of only one witness and the likelihood that the objects were parhelia.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian
Key Persons
- Samuel Morthland2/Lt, USAF, Preparing Officer
- Loren W. BrunerMajor, USAF, Director of Intelligence