Project 10073 Record Card — Portsmouth, Virginia, 11 June 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype report concerning a UFO sighting on June 11, 1957, in Portsmouth, Virginia. The primary witness, a 37-year-old electronics repairman employed at the Norfolk Naval Air Station, reported observing a single, silver, flat, spinning disk at an altitude of approximately 2,000 to 3,000 feet. The witness, accompanied by his wife and son, observed the object for ten minutes. According to the report, the object was initially headed southwest toward Portsmouth before turning north-northwest and disappearing as it climbed and faded into the sunlight. The report notes that the area experienced heavy air traffic at the time, and the witness had been observing aircraft prior to the sighting. The investigating officer from the 771st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (ACWRON) noted that the witness admitted to having just finished an eye examination, which involved looking at a spinning disk, suggesting a potential psychological or perceptual influence on the report. The official conclusion recorded on the document is that the object was 'probably a/c' (aircraft). The documentation includes standard military teletype headers routing the information to the Air Defense Command, the 4602nd Air Intelligence Service Squadron, the Air Technical Intelligence Center, and the 85th Air Division. Weather conditions were noted as calm winds aloft with surface winds from the 080 direction. Norfolk Municipal Airport also launched a weather balloon at 2330Z on the same date, though the report does not explicitly link the sighting to this event.