Declassified UFO / UAP Document
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Baltic Sea, March 1959
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AI-Generated Summary
A series of nightly fireball sightings over the Baltic Sea in March 1959 were investigated under Project 10073. The reports were ultimately classified as having insufficient data for evaluation after conventional explanations were ruled out.
This document is a Project 10073 record card and analysis sheet detailing a series of aerial sightings that occurred between March 10 and March 16, 1959. The events took place over the Baltic Sea, approximately 60 miles west of Klaipeda, Lithuania. According to the reports, witnesses observed several fireballs over the course of a week, appearing only one at a time. The objects were described as a red glow of fire positioned at approximately 70 degrees above the horizon. The light from these objects appeared stationary, and witnesses reported that after a short duration, the fireballs would explode, resulting in a bright yellow-red lustre. From the positions provided, the fireballs appeared in the direction of Cranz, located 30 kilometers north of Kaliningrad. The official evaluation of the incident, signed by N. Quintanilla, indicates that the information provided was too limited to conduct a formal analysis. Consequently, the report concludes that there is insufficient data for evaluation. The analysis sheet notes that potential explanations such as satellites, astronomical phenomena, natural phenomena (like ball lightning), and conventional aircraft or balloons were all ruled out as causes for the sightings. The document was originally classified but was later declassified under authority AFR 205-10.
The light did not seem to move and it was impossible to say, from where it came or how it came to its position in the sky. after a short while the fire-ball exploded causing a bright yellow-red lustre.
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Official Assessment
Info is very limited in nature precluding an analysis of the rpt.
The sightings occurred nightly over a one-week period. The objects appeared as a red glow of fire at approximately 70 degrees above the horizon. They were stationary until they exploded, producing a bright yellow-red light. The objects appeared in the direction of Cranz, 30 km north of Kaliningrad.