Project 10073 Record Card — Victoria, Texas, 1 February 1958

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated military teletype report regarding an unidentified aerial sighting in Victoria, Texas, on February 1, 1958. A civilian witness, identified as a 45-year-old service station operator, reported observing a single, silver, round object, approximately the size of a baseball, gliding slowly across the sky for a duration of 30 minutes. The observer noted that the object had no discernible features other than the sparkle of sunlight reflecting off its surface. The observation began at an elevation of 30 to 35 degrees at an azimuth of 100 degrees and concluded at the same elevation at an azimuth of 90 degrees. The witness ceased observation when he became busy with his duties at the service station. The report includes detailed meteorological data provided by Detachment 26 of the 25th Weather Squadron at Foster Air Force Base, noting clear skies and 15-mile visibility. Wing Intelligence Officer Captain Oloysius A. Caffrey evaluated the report and concluded that the sighting was likely a weather balloon released by a local weather station. The document is marked with the reference number G-764-R and references Air Force Regulation 200-2.