PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Qutdligssat, Greenland

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated restricted message regarding unidentified flying objects observed over Greenland in January 1959. On January 13, 1959, multiple civilian witnesses reported a greenish-blue, ball-shaped object with a tail of light moving rapidly from north to south over Qutdligssat. A similar observation was reported at 1600Z, with witnesses noting the tail resembled jet exhaust. These reports were corroborated by additional sightings near the settlements of Sarqaq and Claushavn on the same day. On January 14, 1959, a separate observation was reported near Frederikshaab, where a rocket-like, torpedo-shaped object, described as glowing reddish, was seen flying slowly from east to west for approximately four minutes. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, ATIC, was that the descriptions provided by the witnesses were consistent with the characteristics of fireballs. The report notes that there were three separate sightings of meteors and that two meteor showers were occurring during this period. The document was originally classified but was later marked as unclassified under authority AFR 205-1D.