Project 10073 Record Card and Incident Report — Nome, Alaska, June 1958

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and a series of teletype messages regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported near Nome, Alaska, on June 28, 1958. Multiple witnesses, including electricians and a CAA general mechanic, observed a ball-shaped, orange-red object, approximately the size of a basketball, with a bluish tail estimated at 25 feet in length. The object was described as moving in a straight, descending path before passing behind buildings or hitting the water. The duration of the sighting was reported as one to two seconds. The 11th Air Division intelligence officer concluded that the object was a meteor, noting that the reported impact with the water was likely a misinterpretation of a breaking swell or wave occurring simultaneously with the object's disappearance behind the horizon. An ATIC (Air Technical Intelligence Center) comment appended to the report concurred with the meteor conclusion, while also casting doubt on the reliability of the native witnesses based on prior experience. The report includes details on weather conditions at the time, which were described as clear and bright, and provides specific interview summaries from the witnesses involved.