Report of Sighting of Unidentified Flying Object (UFOB) — Swansea, Illinois, 2 November 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card and accompanying official correspondence regarding a sighting of an Unidentified Flying Object (UFOB) that occurred on 2 November 1957 in Swansea, Illinois. The report was generated by the Headquarters of the 1405th Air Base Wing at Scott Air Force Base. The witness, a 42-year-old Supervisory General Engineer, observed the object at 0245Z. He described the object as round, reddish in color, and approximately the size of a baseball held at arm's length. The witness reported that the object was in a vertical descent and that a distinct spark shot out of the burning object before it eventually burned out. The sighting lasted for five seconds. The report notes that the observer was located at the intersection of Morgan Street and Duncan Avenue in Swansea, Illinois. Weather conditions at the time were reported as cloudy with a broken ceiling estimated at 3,500 feet and nine-tenths overcast. The report was submitted in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2, though it was delayed because the observer did not report the incident immediately. The official conclusion reached by the military authorities is that the description provided by the witness is consistent with that of a meteor. The document includes a formal report format, a record card, and routing information to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.