Project 10073 Record Card — 5 Mi W of Greenwood, La., 11 Mar 58

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on March 11, 1958, five miles west of Greenwood, Louisiana. The witness, identified as a civilian named Tiller, reported observing a single, round, bright white object that appeared to be the size of a pea or a dime. The object exhibited a brightening and dimming light in its center and was observed for a duration of 35 minutes. The report notes that the object displayed gradual movement and was described as having an instantaneous movement at one point. The sighting was reported to the 73rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at Texarkana, Arkansas. Lieutenant Ekedahl, the director on duty, conducted checks with the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) at Texarkana, which yielded no results. Additionally, approach control at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, Louisiana, observed the object. The official conclusion reached by the military authorities was that the object was a weather balloon. This determination was supported by reports from aircraft that observed the object and identified it as a weather balloon equipped with a light in its center. The record card explicitly states that checks proved the object was definitely a balloon.