Project 10073 Record Card — El Paso, Texas, 7 November 1958

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated teletype report regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on November 7, 1958, in El Paso, Texas. The report was filed by the 685th ACWRON based at Las Cruces AFS, New Mexico. The witness, identified as an employee of the Texas Highway Department, reported observing a single, round, stationary object for approximately five minutes. The object was described as yellow, blue, and flashing white, appearing to be the size of a dime at a 25-degree elevation in the eastern sky. The report notes that the object was observed to be rising. Weather conditions at the time were reported as clear and calm. The official conclusion recorded on the card is that the object was likely the star Sirius. A teletype message included in the file shows that 1/LT Albert D. Taylor, the Senior Director on duty at the 685th ACWRON, initially considered the object to be the planet Venus, though this assessment was subsequently marked with a handwritten 'No!' on the document. The report was routed to the Air Technical Intelligence Center and other Air Force headquarters units for evaluation.