Project 10073 Record Card — Baker, Florida, 29 October 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype report regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting in Baker, Florida, on October 29, 1957. The witness, a Ground Observer Corps (GOC) observer on duty, reported observing a round, shining, and very brilliant object at 2200Z. The object was described as traveling due east for approximately 15 minutes before appearing to remain still in the air. The report notes that the witness was a student and a GOC observer. The 678th ACWRON confirmed that there was no recorded air traffic in the area at the time of the sighting. The investigation, conducted by the Director of Intelligence of the 35th Air Division, concluded that the object was likely a balloon. The report suggests that winds aloft and upper air currents would have caused the balloon to travel rapidly eastward. Furthermore, the investigators noted that the sunset in the area occurred at 2245Z, which they determined could account for the observed brilliance of the object. The report is classified as unclassified and includes technical weather data for the time of the incident, noting clear skies and high, thin scattered cirrus clouds.