Project 10073 Record Card and Associated Message - Lincoln, Nebraska, 11 December 1958

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated teletype message regarding an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) sighting reported on 11 December 1958. The witness, Captain Dale E. Graybell, a photo-radar interpretation officer and rated Air Force navigator with the 98th Bombardment Wing, observed the object while in the southeast portion of Lincoln, Nebraska, at 0012Z. Captain Graybell described the object as a very brilliant white, round light, approximately the size of a nickel held at arm's length, with a trail four times the size of the object. The sighting lasted for four seconds, during which the object appeared at an elevation of 35 degrees, positioned slightly below the constellation Orion, and traveled on a track of approximately 250 degrees before disappearing instantaneously to the west. The weather conditions were reported as CAVU (Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited) with calm surface winds. The report was prepared by Captain George B. Koch of the 98th Bombardment Wing Intelligence Division. Captain Koch concluded that the object was a meteor, citing that meteors had also been observed by the Lincoln AFB control tower on the night of 9 December 1958. The document includes detailed meteorological data for the time of the sighting, including wind speeds and directions at various altitudes.