Project 10073 Record Card — Twenty-Nine Palms, California, 17 January 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a civilian sighting of an unidentified aerial object on January 17, 1957, at 0530Z in Twenty-Nine Palms, California. The witness reported observing a single, round, yellow-red, pea-sized object for a duration of two minutes. The object was described as moving from the southeast to the northwest, positioned at an altitude of approximately 45 degrees between the horizon and the zenith, before it faded out. The report indicates that no photographs were taken and there was no radar contact. The official conclusion recorded on the card states that the description and flight pattern of the object were generally characteristic of an aircraft, noting that the area is surrounded by numerous civil and military airfields. Handwritten annotations on the document further clarify the investigation, noting that winds were generally from the northwest, which ruled out a balloon, and concluding that the object was 'possibly A/C' (aircraft).