Project 10073 Record Card and Staff Message Division Report — 15 November 1958

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and a series of Department of the Air Force staff messages regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on 15 November 1958. The sighting occurred at 0119Z over Baffin Island, Canada, at coordinates 6605N, 6250W, approximately 60 miles southwest of Cape Dye. The witness, a Canadian civilian, reported observing a 'blinding flash of light' that lasted for approximately three seconds. The sighting was also reported by the crew of a DC3 aircraft flying at 10,000 feet with a heading of 210 and a speed of 140 knots, operating out of Frobisher. The weather conditions at the time were described as scattered to broken strato cumulus with moist stable air. The report notes that a Canadian civilian aircraft with two persons aboard had been reported lost in the general area on 10 October 1953, and that search and rescue efforts had been conducted. Following the report, the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) conducted a preliminary analysis. They concluded that, barring the possibility of a flare, the sighting was likely an exploding meteor. ATIC requested further information regarding the object's size, color, tail or trail, angle or elevation, and azimuth to confirm this assessment. The document was originally classified as Confidential but was later declassified under authority AFR 205-1D.