PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - Auburn, California - 21 July 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UFOB) sighting in Auburn, California, on July 21, 1956. At approximately 1300Z, witnesses observed a single object described as being shaped like a guided missile, approximately 7 to 8 feet in length. The object was reported to be green and orange in color, emitting chunks of fire, and flying at an altitude of 200 feet above the North Fork of the American River. The object followed the course of the river for a duration of two to three minutes. The witnesses reported that the object made no sound. The observation was made under fair weather conditions. The report was processed by the Sacramento Air Materiel Area at McClellan AFB. Information was relayed to the Air Defense Command and the Air Technical Intelligence Center by Mr. Doc Campbell, the editor of the Auburn Journal. Mr. Campbell noted that he gave credence to the report because a similar sighting in Colorado had recently appeared on wire services. The official conclusion recorded on the project card is that the object was 'Probably light plane.'