Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Gila River, Arizona, 26 November 1957
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1957 sighting of a bright red streak over the Gila River in Arizona was officially identified by the Air Technical Intelligence Center as the Soviet satellite Sputnik II.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype communications regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on 26 November 1957. The witness, a 47-year-old pharmacist from Sonora, Arizona, observed a bright red, pea-sized streak moving in a southeasterly direction along the Gila River. The observation lasted for approximately three minutes. The report was filed by the 684th ACWRON stationed at Mt. Lemmon AFSTA, Arizona, and transmitted to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating authorities was that the object was the Soviet satellite Sputnik II. The documentation includes a list of UFO sightings associated with Soviet satellites, which references this specific incident alongside others in Alaska, Ohio, and California.
A pea sized streak, bright red.
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Official Assessment
Sputnik II
The sighting was identified as the Soviet satellite Sputnik II.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Pharmacist