Project 10073 Record Card — Devils River, Texas, 8 July 1958

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a UFO sighting reported on July 8, 1958, near the Devils River Power Plant in Texas. The witness, identified as a housewife, reported observing a single, round, white object approximately the size of a basketball with a long tail. The object was observed for one hour using binoculars, during which time it moved slowly in a northwesterly direction before fading from sight. The report includes a teletype message sent from the 741st ACWRON at Lackland AFB to various Air Force intelligence and command centers, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB. The investigation concluded that the object was undoubtedly a balloon. Supporting notes on the record card indicate that the witness's observation was cross-referenced with wind data, which showed winds at 16,000 feet altitude perfectly matching the object's movement from the southeast to the northwest. The report explicitly notes that no unusual sightings were picked up on radar during the incident.