Project 10073 Record Card — Pasadena, California, 24 March 1957

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype reports regarding a UFO sighting in Pasadena, California, on the night of March 24, 1957. Numerous reports were received by the Pasadena Filter Center and the local police between 11:10 p.m. and 11:50 p.m. Witnesses, including Air Force T/Sgt. Dewey Crow and a reporter from the L.A. Mirror-News, described a round, bright red object, approximately the size of a grapefruit at arm's length, moving in a westerly direction. The object reportedly emitted white flashes and was observed for approximately 14 minutes. Despite the volume of reports, military officials, including Captain Joe Fry and Major Thomas Bowers, stated that the object could not be tracked on radar and that no Air Force personnel had confirmed the sighting. While some witnesses speculated about the nature of the object, including potential balloon activity, the official conclusion reached by the investigating officer, 1st Lt. Edward R. Martin, was that the sighting was likely caused by the exhaust glow of a passing aircraft. The document also references a separate incident involving a UFO near Oxnard, California, on March 23, where a witness reported a silent red object, and a subsequent event on March 24 where a UFO reportedly buzzed a U.S. Navy vehicle near Oxnard.