Project 10073 Record Card — Brownsville, Tennessee, 12 April 1958

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype report concerning a UFO sighting that occurred on 12 April 1958 near Brownsville, Tennessee. The report details the observation of a single, egg-shaped object described as being the size of a grapefruit. Witnesses, including a former World War II pilot, a telephone operator, and a hardware salesman, observed the object for approximately 15 minutes. The object was reported as bright red in sunlight and gold in twilight, remaining stationary at an estimated altitude of 20,000 to 30,000 feet. The observation was made using the naked eye and 6x30 power Navy binoculars under clear weather conditions. The Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) concluded that the sighting was a balloon. The investigator noted that the description provided by the witnesses—specifically the color, shape, and stationary nature of the object at dusk—was consistent with hundreds of previous reports of balloons reflecting the setting sun. The document includes administrative routing information from the 58th Air Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to various Air Force commands, including the Air Defense Command and the Air Technical Intelligence Center.