Project 10073 Record Card — Reese AFB, Texas, 13 November 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting that occurred on 13 November 1957 at Reese Air Force Base, Texas. The observation, which lasted for one hour and thirty minutes, involved a single object described as being round to egg-shaped and approximately the size of a basketball. The object was reported to be white and silver in color, appearing round and light. During the observation, the object was noted to be oscillating sideways on a north-south axis. The source of the report is identified as 'Civilian & Military'. No photographs were taken, and there was no radar contact associated with the event. The official conclusion reached in the record card is that the object was a balloon, with the comment noting that balloons are capable of rising quite rapidly to very high altitudes.