Project 10073 Record Card — McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 1 November 1956

This document is an Air Intelligence Information Report regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on 1 November 1956 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. The primary witness, a 29-year-old car blocker at the US Steel Corporation, reported observing three round, glowing, bright red objects in a scattered formation. The objects were estimated to be the size of a pinhead at arm's length and were observed moving at a great rate of speed at an altitude of 40,000 feet. The sighting lasted approximately four minutes and was witnessed by roughly 25 people. The witness reported the event to Master Sergeant Albert N. Wyatt, the NCO Officer of the Day. Subsequent inquiries with the CAA Control Tower and the 772D AC&W Squadron yielded no radar confirmation or reports of local jet activity that could verify the sighting. The report, authored by Captain McLoyd M. Hollowell of the 54th Fighter Group, notes that while there is little doubt that the witnesses observed something, the specific cause of the phenomena could not be definitively determined. Due to the time delay in reporting, the military was unable to scramble aircraft or take other immediate verifying actions. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 record card is that it was 'Probably a/c sighting.' The document includes a formal transmittal letter from Colonel Joe K. McHay, Commander of the 54th Fighter Group, to the Air Defense Command at Ent Air Force Base, Colorado, forwarding the report in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2 and Air Defense Command Regulation 200-7.