Project 10073 Record Card — Camp Hill, Alabama, 14 October 1957

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated Air Intelligence Information Report regarding a sighting on 14 October 1957 in Camp Hill, Alabama. At 2042 hours, two witnesses—a science instructor and a student from the Camp Hill Military Academy—observed a round, reddish-yellow object while they were engaged in watching for an artificial moon. The object was described as being very small compared to the moon and traveled in a straight path from north to south before disappearing behind buildings. The duration of the sighting was estimated at 10 to 13 seconds, and the object's speed was estimated by the observers to be between 14,000 and 16,000 miles per hour. The witnesses were positioned at a Ground Observer Corps (GOC) post, and the investigating officer, Major Burnside, noted that they were considered reliable. The report was processed through the 35th Air Division at Dobbins Air Force Base and forwarded to the Air Defense Command at Ent Air Force Base, the Directorate of Intelligence at USAF Headquarters, and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Checks with the Atlanta Filter Center, the 908th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, and the Atlanta Civil Aeronautics Administration yielded no corroborating reports of other sightings. Weather conditions were reported as clear. The final evaluation provided in the record card and the intelligence report concludes that the object was 'possibly meteor.' No further evaluation was deemed possible.