Project 10073 Record Card and Related Correspondence — Poteau, Oklahoma, November 1958

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype messages regarding a UFO sighting in Poteau, Oklahoma, on November 7, 1958. A witness, who is employed in the aircraft lighting business, observed a round object through a 65-power telescope for approximately 10 to 15 minutes. The object was described as having a red top, a green bottom, and a white or purplish middle, and was reported to be moving south erratically. The witness and other local observers believed the object to be a star or a planet. The report was telephoned to the 746th ACWRON, which then forwarded the information to Tinker Air Force Base and the Air Technical Intelligence Center. Military authorities noted that the unit had no aircraft in the vicinity of the sighting. A subsequent message from the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) requested further investigation in accordance with AFR 200-2, specifically noting that the original report lacked essential elevation and azimuth data. Handwritten notes on the final page of the document indicate that the investigator could not reach a definitive conclusion, stating that while the object could have been one of a number of things, the lack of specific directional data prevented a final determination.