Project 10073 Record Card and Information Report — Freiburg, Germany, March 1959

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an accompanying Information Report from the Office of Naval Intelligence, dated March 12, 1959. The report details a sighting that occurred on the evening of March 5, 1959, in Freiburg, Germany. Two distinct sets of observers reported the phenomenon. The first witness, a permanent observer at the Climatic Station of Koenigsfeld in the Black Forest, reported seeing a shining yellow ball surrounded by a greenish halo at 2229 hours. This observer noted that the object was traveling at a speed of approximately 600 to 800 kilometers per hour, moving from the North North West to the South South East. Two other local inhabitants reportedly corroborated this sighting. Simultaneously, a young American couple, with the husband studying physics at Freiburg University, observed a disklike object in the sky over Freiburg. They described the object as appearing like a shooting star before it changed its direction and disappeared from sight. They characterized the object as shining white with a slight yellow shimmer and noted that its speed was considerably high. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 card states that the report could not be properly evaluated due to limited information. The document was forwarded by Captain A. P. Scott of the US Navy.