Project 10073 Record Card — Benton, Pennsylvania, 14 June 1957

On June 14, 1957, at approximately 2250 local time, two airmen, A/2C Dobbie Thomas A and A/2C Barthlow Brooks, stationed at the 648th AC&W Squadron at Benton AFS, Pennsylvania, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witnesses, both noted as reliable, reported seeing a single, round object that appeared to be the size of a small truck. The object was described as having a greenish-yellow and white color and was observed to be moving at high speed while rapidly descending. The duration of the sighting was approximately three seconds. The object crossed the witnesses' line of vision at an angle of 45 degrees between the horizon and the zenith, eventually disappearing behind trees. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with scattered isolated thunderstorms in the area. The incident was formally reported via teletype to various military commands, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB. The official conclusion, provided by Duty Director 2/LT Paul S. Kramer, stated that the probable cause of the sighting was a meteorite, although the report explicitly notes that this conclusion was not positively established. No radar contact was made, and no photographs or film were taken of the event.