Project 10073 Record Card — Uruguay, 9 March 1958

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated investigation file regarding a UFO sighting in Uruguay on March 9, 1958. The primary witness, a bus driver, reported observing an unidentified object while on a routine route in the early morning hours. The witness described the object as an oval-shaped craft with a cupola on top, measuring approximately 50 to 70 meters in size. The object reportedly hovered at a low altitude of 10 to 20 meters, displaying rotating red, green, and white-yellow lights, with an intermittent red light on the top. The witness noted that the object moved rapidly in horizontal directions before eventually departing violently toward the southwest at a 45-degree angle. The duration of the sighting was estimated at 60 to 70 minutes. The investigation was conducted by the Centro de Investigacion de Objetos Voladores Inidentificados (C.I.O.V.I.), an Uruguayan organization associated with the Uruguayan Air Force Intelligence Service. C.I.O.V.I. concluded that the evidence was clear and that the object could be described as a 'flying saucer,' noting that the case shared coincidences with other classic reports. Despite the local investigation's confidence in the witness's reliability, the U.S. Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) record card concludes that the case provided 'Insufficient Data for Evaluation.' The file includes the original Spanish-language questionnaire completed by the witness, detailing the lack of sound, the absence of electromagnetic interference, and the clear weather conditions during the event.