Project 10073 Record Card — Fairchild AFB, Washington, 3 December 1957

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype communications regarding an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sighting reported on December 3, 1957. The incident occurred at 0952Z, involving a pilot identified as Captain Campbell, who was operating a B-52 aircraft at an altitude of 43,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean, near coordinates 46.50N 128.25W. The witness described observing a large, round, white object for a duration of three seconds. The report notes that the object disappeared in a flash and was observed while the aircraft was making a starboard turn. The military report was forwarded by the 25th CADD COC to NORAD and the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) in accordance with ADCR 200-7. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating authorities was that the sighting was an astronomical event, specifically a meteor, as the Earth was passing through the Geminids meteor shower at the time of the observation. The documentation includes the original record card, which categorizes the event as 'Astronomical (Meteor)', and subsequent teletype messages confirming this assessment.