Project 10073 Record Card — Fairborn, Ohio, 25 July 1957

On July 25, 1957, at approximately 1905 local time, a witness located two miles from Fairborn, Ohio, while traveling toward Xenia, observed an unidentified object in the sky. The witness, a 24-year-old male employed by the G.E. Tellman Company, described the object as having a bright color and being approximately the size of a dime when held at arm's length. The object was observed for 15 minutes, moving from the south toward the southwest, and was reported to have made no sound. The witness noted that the object eventually disappeared behind a cloud. The weather conditions at the time were reported as dry with scattered clouds and a slight breeze. The witness was in his backyard when he first noticed the object after hearing a jet. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 record card suggests that the sighting was likely a balloon, noting that Vandalia reported a balloon launch at 1830 that same evening. The documentation includes a U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheet completed by the witness, which provides details on the observation, including the witness's location and the lack of any sound or unusual behavior beyond the object's movement. The record card explicitly categorizes the conclusion as a balloon.