Project 10073 Record Card — Buffalo, N.Y., 28 March 1958

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a UFO sighting reported on March 28, 1958, in Buffalo, New York. The witness, identified as a civilian, reported observing a single object for approximately 20 minutes. The object was described as having the appearance of a small moon with red and green flashing lights, and it was reported as being stationary in the sky to the northeast. In response to the report, aircraft were scrambled to an altitude of 10,000 feet to investigate, but they reported nothing unusual. Additionally, airliners and Navy aircraft in the area reported no sightings. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the object was the star Arcturus. This determination was based on an analysis of astronomical charts, which indicated that Arcturus was positioned in the east-northeast at the time of the sighting. The report notes that because nothing was visible to the aircraft in the area that could be classified as a UFO, the star was identified as the object of the report. The document includes handwritten notes and annotations, likely from the investigative process, which discuss the lack of wind data, the presence of scattered clouds, and the identification of the star.