Project 10073 Record Card: Unidentified Flying Object Sighted 27 July 1956

This document details a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding an unidentified flying object sighting on July 27, 1956. The witness, a commercial pilot for Pan American World Airways, was flying a DC-7C from New York to Paris when he observed a pulsating, circular, blue-green light at approximately 0112Z. The object was sighted 500 miles southeast of Gander, Newfoundland, at an altitude of 15,000 feet. The pilot, who had eleven years of commercial experience and four years of military flying experience, described the object as being the size of a golf ball and moving at a speed greater than any aircraft he had ever encountered. The object disappeared behind a cloud formation. The pilot initially mistook the object for aircraft exhaust but later dismissed this theory. The report notes that the pilot was hesitant to report the incident due to concerns about professional ridicule and potential impact on his career. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center was that the sighting was a 'probable meteor.' The document includes a formal letter from the 5th District Office of Special Investigations transmitting the interview records to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The file also contains detailed weather data for the area, noting overcast conditions and light turbulence.