Project 10073 Record Card — Edison, Washington, 25 January 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated military teletype message regarding an unidentified aerial sighting reported on January 25, 1956, in Edison, Washington. The report details a sighting by a civilian witness who observed a single, round, yellowish-red object for a duration of 20 minutes. The witness estimated the object's size to be comparable to a pea and noted its position at approximately 500 feet above the skyline. The object's behavior was described as gliding in a manner similar to an aircraft before slowly fading from view. The report indicates that the weather conditions were clear at the time of the observation. No photographs were taken, and there was no radar contact associated with the event. The official conclusion recorded on the card is that the observation was a 'probable a/c sighting' (aircraft). The accompanying teletype message, dated January 26, 1956, confirms the transmission of this report between various military commands, including the 25th Air Division at McChord Air Force Base, the Air Defense Command at Ent Air Force Base, the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and the Western Air Defense Force at Hamilton Air Force Base. The documentation provides a structured account of the incident, including specific details on the object's appearance and the lack of physical or electronic evidence, ultimately categorizing the event as an aircraft sighting.