Project 10073 Record Card — Turlock, California, 7 January 1956

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype report concerning a UFO sighting in Turlock, California, on January 7, 1956. Two student witnesses reported observing two round, blue-green objects, described as being the size of baseballs held at arm's length, moving in an 'up and down' motion. The duration of the sighting was reported as unknown. Following the report, military fighters were dispatched to the area to investigate. The pilots reported that they sighted nothing unusual, noting only the presence of two exceptionally bright stars overhead. The official conclusion, concurred with by the Director of Intelligence of the 28th Air Division (DEF), is that the sighting was caused by these two bright stars. The report includes technical details such as the time of the sighting (080715Z Jan 56), the location (West Ave & Scott Ave, Turlock), and weather conditions (scattered clouds). The document is marked as unclassified and was transmitted between various Air Force commands, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB and the 4602nd Air Intelligence Service Squadron at Hamilton AFB.