PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Cape Mears, Washington, 23 November 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial sighting on 23 November 1957. The incident occurred at 0143Z near Cape Mears, Washington. Two witnesses, Robert Gedlick (USCG OIC at Cape Mears Light House Station) and Franklin L. Gaines (USCG OIC at Tillamook Bay Light House Station), reported observing a single, round, very bright-white object, described as being the size of a dime. The object was observed moving in a straight path from the northwest to the southeast for a duration of three to four minutes. The report indicates that no photographs were taken and there was no radar contact. Weather conditions at the time were reported as 45 degrees with no fog, though there was cloud formation to the west. The documentation includes handwritten notes from an evaluator who expressed significant frustration with the report, stating that the speed of the object and the time duration provided were inconsistent. The evaluator concluded that this inconsistent information made a proper evaluation of the sighting difficult, if not impossible. A later note on the document suggests the possibility that the object may have been a satellite, though it is also noted that it could not be seen with the naked eye.