Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Project 10073 Record Card — 2 Jan 59

📅 2 Jan 59 📍 35.06N 129.57W (Pacific) 🏛 Department of the Air Force 📄 Record Card and Incoming Message

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TL;DR

A military report from January 1959 documenting a sighting of a brilliant, slow-moving object in the Pacific. The object was officially identified as a meteor.

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an associated emergency incoming message dated January 2, 1959. The report details a sighting of an unidentified object observed at 0914Z on January 2, 1959, at coordinates 35.06N 129.57W in the Pacific region. The witness reported a single object traveling from west to east along the southern horizon. The object was described as moving slowly with a brilliant illumination, visible for approximately four seconds against a clear sky. The incoming military message, transmitted from BW543/AFI2 to CIN CADC ENT AFB, confirms the details of the sighting, noting the object's magnetic heading and bearing. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 card categorizes the event as a 'typical observation of a meteor.' The document includes distribution information indicating that copies were delivered to various military and intelligence agencies, including the Army, Navy, JCS, OSD, NSA, and CIA.

Obj travelling from West to East along Southern horizon from position of A/C. Slow. illumination brilliant, Clear sky. In sight for 4 seconds.

Official Assessment

Was Astronomical Meteor

The object was identified as a typical observation of a meteor.

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