Project 10073 Record Card — 20 Mi W Punk City, Texas, 1 October 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding an aerial sighting that occurred on October 1, 1956, twenty miles west of Punk City, Texas. The witness, identified as a civilian captain for United Airlines, reported observing two white, bright objects with trailing lights moving from north to south at an altitude above 20,000 feet. The observation lasted for approximately five seconds. The objects were noted to emit bright flashes. The teletype communication, dated October 2, 1956, confirms the report was transmitted from the Commander of the 27th Air Division at Norton Air Force Base to the Air Defense Command at Ent Air Force Base, the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and the Director of Intelligence at HQ USAF, with information copies sent to the 34th Air Division at Kirtland Air Force Base. The official evaluation of the incident, as recorded on the project card and confirmed by ADCC Controller Captain WB Tappan, concluded that the sighting was likely caused by a meteor or meteors, citing the duration and description of the objects as the primary basis for this determination.