Project 10073 Record Card and UFOB Report — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 27 August 1957

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and a formal UFOB report concerning a sighting that occurred in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on August 27, 1957. The witness, a 32-year-old insurance consultant for an oil company, reported observing a round, silver or aluminum object, approximately the size of a half-dollar, for a duration of seven to eight minutes. The witness described the object as climbing straight up while performing a hovering, circular motion. The report explicitly notes that the object produced no sound and left no tail, trail, or exhaust. The observation was made using binoculars. The military investigation, conducted by the 33rd Air Division, included input from Captain Edward F. Dysinski, who provided negative comments on the report. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating authorities was that the object was a weather balloon, citing the standard practice of releasing such balloons throughout the United States at approximately 0000Z. The documentation includes technical data regarding atmospheric conditions and the specific flight path of the object as reported by the witness.