Project 10073 Record Card — New Port, Arkansas, 14 August 1958

On August 14, 1958, at 0655Z, a sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon was reported near New Port, Arkansas. The incident was documented on a Project 10073 record card. The witness, identified as Sergeant Raber of the 799th ACWRON in Joelton, Tennessee, described the object as a starlike, glowing entity, approximately the size of a half-dollar. The object was observed for a duration of 10 to 15 seconds, during which it appeared to be falling toward the East before disappearing instantaneously. The altitude was estimated at 5,000 feet. The report includes a communication from the Commander of the 725th ACWRON at Walnut Ridge Air Force Station, Arkansas, addressed to various Air Force commands, including the Air Defense Command and the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The official evaluation of the sighting concluded that the object possessed all the characteristics of a meteor. Handwritten notes on the document further suggest that the observation occurred during the Perseids meteor shower, reinforcing the conclusion that the object was a meteor rather than an anomalous craft.