Project 10073 Record Card — San Diego, California, 5 November 1957

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated teletype report regarding a UFO sighting in San Diego, California, on November 5, 1957. A civilian witness reported observing a round, pea-sized object displaying red, green, and white lights for a duration of one and a half hours. The witness described the object as moving left to right and up and down. The report notes that the witness had observed the same phenomenon on November 1, 2, and 3, and speculated that it might be related to a tower, noting that they used a TV antenna to sight it from. The official evaluation by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) concluded that the object was the star Aldebaran, which was positioned at an elevation of 20 degrees in the direction the observer was looking. The teletype report, authored by the 27th Air Division Defense and addressed to the Director of Intelligence at HQ USAF, includes meteorological data and confirms that the sighting was ground-visual only, with no radar contact or photographic evidence. The report is signed by Captain Brown, USAF, Senior Controller.