PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Racine, Wisconsin, 17 November 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sighting in Racine, Wisconsin, on November 17, 1956. The report details a sighting by a 14-year-old civilian witness who observed a single red, square-shaped object, approximately 12 feet in diameter, featuring black stripes. The witness observed the object visually and through binoculars for a duration of ten seconds as it moved from the South to the West, eventually fading from view. The report notes that there was no exhaust associated with the object. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with 15 miles of visibility. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), was that the object was a probable meteor, citing the duration and distance of the flight as the primary basis for this determination. The documentation includes administrative teletype messages sent to various Air Force commands, including the 37th Air Division and the Air Defense Command, confirming the details of the report and the identity of the reporting officer, 1st Lt. Carl W. Olsson of the 755th AC&W Squadron.