Project 10073 Record Card — Denton, Nebraska, 15 April 1953

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated intelligence report regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on the night of April 15, 1953, near Denton, Nebraska. Four witnesses, including a mail carrier, a housewife, and two students, reported observing an object over a twenty-minute period. The witnesses described the object as round at a distance and oval when viewed up close. They noted that at a distance, it appeared the size of a tennis ball, but from a side view, it resembled the length of a cabin plane. The object was described as silver-white with red lights, specifically noting 9 to 15 windows with extremely bright lights inside. The witnesses reported that the object traveled northwest and returned southeast twice, appearing to disappear and reappear behind hills. During the third sighting, the object reportedly made a right-angle turn and accelerated rapidly before vanishing. The witnesses also reported hearing a whirring noise consistent with two propeller-driven engines, but noted an absence of exhaust noise. Captain Lorenzo H. Herring Jr. of the 98th Bomb Wing Intelligence Division investigated the report. He concluded that the witnesses likely observed an aircraft, specifically suggesting it could have been a B-47 that landed at 0247Z, which may have had its landing lights on. The report notes that the observers themselves remarked that the object seemed like a low-flying aircraft as it disappeared.