Declassified UFO / UAP Document
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
AI-Generated Summary
A 1957 sighting report from Elkhorn, Wisconsin, involving three circular objects that were ultimately identified as a flare.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting that occurred on May 25, 1957, in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. The report describes an observation of three circular objects, which the witness initially mistook for aircraft due to their appearance and sound, which was noted as being dimmer than normal aircraft noise. The objects were described as having red and white colors. The flight path of the objects was recorded as white from the northwest and red from the south. The duration of the sighting was approximately two minutes. The witness reported that the white object eventually separated from the red objects. The record card notes that two other observers witnessed only the white object and believed it to be a flare. The official conclusion recorded on the card categorizes the sighting as a flare.
Two other observers saw only white obj. and believed it to be a flare.
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Official Assessment
flare
The observer initially believed the objects were aircraft until the white object separated from the red objects. Two other observers believed the white object was a flare.