Project 10073 Record Card and Related Correspondence — September 1958

This document contains a collection of military records and correspondence regarding two separate Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings reported on 14 September 1958. The first incident occurred in Baileys Bay, Bermuda, where the captain of the steamship 'Queen of Bermuda' and his family observed an object described as having the size and brilliance of Mars, traveling rapidly toward the northeast for approximately five to six minutes. This report was initially queried by a local newspaper, the 'Mid Ocean News'. The second incident involved radar returns at Wheelus Air Base in Libya. Military personnel, including Technical Sergeant Paul A. La Londe and Captains Thomas A. Walter and Robert J. Stewart, reported that an object was tracked by GCA and GCI radar systems. The object, which varied in altitude between 200 and 1000 feet and moved at speeds between 25 and 80 knots, was not visually confirmed despite attempts by an F-86 pilot. A subsequent evaluation by Colonel Gordon C. Hoffman of AFCIN-4E1 concluded that the information provided for both incidents was insufficient. He suggested that weather phenomena or equipment malfunctions were the most likely explanations for the radar returns and visual reports. The documents include record cards, staff messages, and a disposition form, all of which were eventually declassified.