Project 10073 Record Card — Bedford, Indiana, 8 January 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported on January 8, 1956, near Bedford, Indiana. The primary witnesses, identified as two women, reported observing three circular, silver-colored objects that appeared to be changing shape and moving from side to side while emitting a vaporish smoke. The duration of the observation was recorded as two hours and thirty-four minutes. The official investigation, conducted by the 782nd AC&W Squadron and reviewed by the Air Technical Intelligence Center, found no radar contact or positional data to support the sighting. Military fighter aircraft operating in the vicinity were contacted to investigate the report; however, they did not make visual contact with any unidentified objects. Instead, the fighter pilots reported sighting a Piper Cub aircraft. The final assessment by the Assistant Chief Director suggested that the witnesses likely mistook the jet-type aircraft or the Piper Cub for unidentified flying objects. Due to the lack of corroborating evidence, motion, or formation data, the case was officially classified as having insufficient data for evaluation.