PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 16 January 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting reported on January 16, 1957, in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The witness, identified as Mr. John T. S. Haller, observed a single, circular, clear, bright light that appeared to be the size of a small orange. The object was sighted in the East-Southeast (ESE) at a 45-degree elevation and was observed to be climbing. The witness tracked the object visually and through a three-power K-3 telescope for a duration of eight minutes. The report notes that the observation was made by a civilian associated with the Ground Observer Corps (GOC). Following an investigation, the military authorities concluded that the object was a balloon. Specifically, the comments section states that the object was definitely established to have been a balloon released from Grand Junction, Colorado, at 0300Z. The document includes administrative markings, including a reference number 16015-7-4 and a date stamp of January 17, 1957, indicating the processing time for the report. The record card format follows standard USAF reporting procedures for unidentified aerial phenomena during this period, categorizing the event as a balloon rather than an unidentified aerial phenomenon.