Project 10073 Record Card — Norwalk, Ohio, 7 October 1956

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype report detailing an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sighting that occurred on 7 October 1956 in Norwalk, Ohio. The witness, a 15-year-old student and member of the Ground Observer Corps (GOC), reported observing a single, oval-shaped object for approximately 40 to 45 seconds. The witness described the object as being smaller than a dime held at arm's length and noted that it changed colors, transitioning from orange to green to red and back to orange. The object was observed moving up and down within a one-mile area, initially at an elevation of 30 degrees and an azimuth of 360 degrees, before disappearing at an elevation of 20 degrees and an azimuth of 360 degrees. The report confirms that the weather conditions were clear and calm at the time of the sighting. Military authorities, including the 61st ACWRON at Selfridge Air Force Base and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, processed the report in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2. The official evaluation concluded that there was insufficient data to identify the object. Investigators specifically noted that the object did not behave like a balloon, which would be expected to move, and ruled out significant astronomical bodies in the northern sky, such as the star Capella, which was at a different elevation and azimuth during the time of the sighting. The final assessment suggested the possibility that the object may have been a searchlight reflecting on a haze layer, but ultimately maintained that the data was insufficient for a definitive evaluation.