PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - Lafayette, Indiana - 4 August 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated military teletype report regarding a UFO sighting in Lafayette, Indiana, on August 4, 1956. The report describes a single white, round object, approximately the size of a pea, which possessed a bright tail. The object was observed over the course of three consecutive nights. Witnesses reported that the object remained stationary before moving to the southwest. The elevation of the object was described as high. The military investigation, conducted in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2, involved a review of the sighting details, including weather conditions, which were noted as clear with five miles of visibility in haze and calm surface conditions. Radar contact was reported as negative. The investigating officer, Captain C. A. Parker, Assistant Operations Officer, concluded that the sighting was likely an astronomical body. The final evaluation on the record card explicitly states that the case was evaluated as a star or planet, noting that while positional data was missing, the characteristics of an astronomical body were present. The report was transmitted from the 1478th Flight Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to various commands, including the Air Defense Command and the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC).