Project 10073 Record Card — Oliver Springs, Tennessee, 15 July 1958

This document consists of a series of Project 10073 record cards and associated teletype communications regarding a UFO sighting on July 15, 1958, in the vicinity of Oliver Springs and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The primary report describes a round, white object, approximately the size of a dime at arm's length, which appeared and faded gradually while traveling in a straight path from the northwest to the southeast. The witness, a draftsman for the Atomic Energy Commission, observed the object for approximately one to one and a half minutes. The object was noted to be brighter than an evening star. Military authorities at the 58th Air Division Defense evaluated the report, noting that the sighting was similar to another report received from the Oak Ridge area at 1225Z on the same date. Official conclusions on the record card suggest the object was likely a balloon or possibly the moon. The document also includes supplementary information regarding a separate bolide sighting from July 4/5, 1958, off the North Carolina coast, as well as a list of sightings from July 16-30, 1958, which categorizes various reports as balloons, aircraft, or astronomical phenomena. The file reflects the standard military procedure for documenting and evaluating aerial phenomena during this period, emphasizing the collection of witness data and the attempt to correlate sightings with known atmospheric or astronomical events.