Project 10073 Record Card — Crescent, Iowa, 28 June 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated military teletype message regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on June 28, 1956, in Crescent, Iowa. The report details a sighting by a civilian witness, identified as Mrs. [illegible], who observed a single, round, silver object, described as being the size of a baseball. The object was observed for a duration of one minute, moving in an easterly direction. The report indicates that the observation was made via ground-visual means and that no radar contact was established. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear. The military communication, originating from the 789th ACWRON in Omaha, Nebraska, and addressed to various commands including the 28th Air Division and the Director of Intelligence at HQ USAF, formally transmitted the report as a 'UFOB REPT' under the designation OPNS 337. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the object was likely an aircraft, noting 'Probable a/c sighting' in the comments section of the record card.