Project 10073 Record Card — Barbados, 8 April 1958

This document file contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported in Barbados on April 8, 1958. A civilian witness described seeing a glistening blue object moving from the North toward the Southeast, followed by approximately twenty smaller red objects with cone-like tails attached to balls. The witness estimated the primary object to be 70 feet in length and traveling at an altitude of 1,000 to 1,500 feet, noting that it moved faster than an aircraft and appeared to be 'winking' as it traversed the sky. The total duration of the observation was approximately two minutes. The official conclusion recorded on the card is 'Probable Missile,' with comments suggesting the sighting may have been related to missile activity from the Cape Canaveral downrange firing area. However, the documentation includes internal routing slips and memoranda indicating conflicting assessments. One remark from a Sergeant Bolieu notes that the sighting was received by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) four months after the event, which precluded a formal investigation. Another internal note suggests the sighting had the characteristics of a meteorite, while a separate routing slip mentions an evaluation of 'possible aircraft.' The file also includes correspondence between the Department of the Navy and the public, confirming that the report was forwarded to the Office of Naval Intelligence for evaluation. The witness's original letter, dated April 13, 1958, provides a detailed narrative and a hand-drawn sketch of the objects, which the witness described as 'very pretty but very alarming and frightening.'