Project 10073 Record Card — Laredo, Texas, 20 May 1957

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated military teletype report concerning an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on May 20, 1957, near Laredo, Texas. The sighting involved a single, round, reddish object observed by an instructor pilot, 1st Lt. Frank J. Kisner. The object was reported to be traveling at an extremely high rate of speed in both vertical and horizontal directions. The report indicates that no photographs were taken and no radar contact was established. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with 15 miles of visibility. The investigation was conducted by A/1C Edward R. Rubin, who noted that the report was of very poor quality and lacked sufficient information to reach a definitive evaluation. Consequently, the official conclusion recorded on the card is that there was insufficient data for evaluation. The teletype communication, dated May 21, 1957, confirms the details of the sighting and reiterates the inability of the reporting officer to determine the nature of the object due to the lack of specific data.