Project 10073 Record Card — Trinidad, 22 March 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting reported by a civilian witness in Trinidad on March 22, 1957. The witness, an employee of the British Guiana Rice Development Corporation, observed a single object while traveling by motor launch. The witness described the object as a solid, metallic-looking craft, approximately 50 to 100 feet in diameter and 10 to 15 feet thick, featuring red, yellow, and green lights. The object was observed for five minutes, during which it hovered, maneuvered, and changed speeds between 15 and 120 miles per hour. The witness noted that the object appeared to move behind low hills to the south of Port of Spain. The witness, who was reluctant to be involved with the 'ridiculous term of flying saucers,' provided a detailed questionnaire response, including a sketch of the object's shape, which they compared to a deep-flanged saucer or pie dish. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency was that the object was an aircraft. The report notes that the observer's perception of the object standing still was likely an optical effect caused by the aircraft's maneuvers as it approached or moved away from the observer. The report concludes that the lights, maneuvers, and general description provided by the witness were consistent with a light aircraft flying over the city.