Project 10073 Record Card — Rockingham, N.C. Sighting, 11 Feb 59

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype messages regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on February 11, 1959, near Rockingham, North Carolina. The primary witness, a deputy sheriff assigned to the Rockingham Police Department, observed a round object approximately two to three hundred feet in diameter. The object was described as dark green in color and featured a two-hundred-foot tail of the same color. The sighting lasted for approximately ten seconds as the object traveled from north to south before disappearing below the horizon. The witness noted that the object was a bright light that illuminated the west end of the town of Rockingham. The report includes detailed meteorological data for the area at the time of the incident, noting that the sky was cloudy and overcast. The investigation was handled by Captain Richard J. Mc Glynn, a Wing Intelligence Officer. Following the review of the evidence, the official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the object possessed all the characteristics of a large meteor. The documentation includes internal military routing information, indicating that the report was processed through various Air Force channels, including the 464th Troop Carrier Wing at Pope Air Force Base and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.