Project 10073 Record Card - 16 September 1958

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting reported on 16 September 1958 at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The report describes a single, round object, estimated to be the size of a pin, which exhibited a white bottom and a light that shifted between blue and green. The observation lasted between 40 and 50 minutes. The witness, whose name is not clearly legible, observed the object using binoculars. The report includes technical details regarding the weather conditions at the time, noting high scattered clouds and calm winds. The object was reported to have remained stationary and did not disappear during the observation period. Following an investigation, the official conclusion reached by the reporting authorities, including the Flight Service Center at Maxwell Air Force Base, was that the object was not an aircraft or a balloon, but rather the star Sirius, which was in the reported position at the time. The report was transmitted via teletype to the 35th Air Division at Dobbins Air Force Base and the Director of Intelligence at Headquarters USAF. The document is marked as unclassified and includes internal notes confirming the identification of the object as a star, specifically citing astronomical charts to support this finding.