Project 10073 Record Cards and Sighting Report — Columbia, South Carolina, November 1957

This document contains two Project 10073 record cards and an associated military teletype report regarding aerial sightings in Columbia, South Carolina, in November 1957. The primary report concerns a sighting on 12 November 1957 at 1100Z. A witness at Fort Jackson reported observing a round, white light, approximately the size of a dime at arm's length, with a trail three times its diameter and an orange tinge. The object was observed for less than one second at a 45-degree angle before disappearing suddenly. The military investigation, conducted by the 861st ACWRON, concluded the object was a meteor, though internal notes suggest it may have been a high-flying aircraft with exhaust visible at dawn. The report was received approximately six hours after the initial observation. A second record card included in the file documents a separate sighting on 15 November 1957, also in Columbia, South Carolina. In this instance, a civilian reported an oval-shaped, bright yellow object, the size of a nickel, moving erratically for 20 minutes. This second sighting was officially concluded to be 'Probably Venus'.