Project 10073 Record Card — Marietta, Georgia, 4 November 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated intelligence report concerning an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting on November 4, 1957, near Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta, Georgia. The witness, identified as a local housewife, reported observing a single, shiny, egg-shaped object with a large, unusual light on its right side. The object was observed traveling in a straight line. The witness provided only a short glimpse of the object and was unable to provide specific details regarding its size, elevation, azimuth, or duration of the sighting. Consequently, the official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that there was insufficient data for a formal evaluation. The report notes that the observer was vague and had difficulty comprehending the queries posed by investigators. Intelligence from the 30th Air Division noted that while the description bore some resemblance to a rawinsonde balloon, there were no known balloon launches in the area at the time that would have been visible to the observer. Additionally, the report mentions that several unknown aircraft were being tracked by radar in the Atlanta area during the same timeframe, though no direct link to the sighting was established.