Project 10073 Record Card — Sighting near Madrid, Spain, 1 August 1959

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated teletype report regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on August 1, 1959, southeast of Madrid, Spain. The sighting, which lasted approximately four seconds, involved a single yellow-green object described as being the size of a baseball or a 'balled fist,' measuring 70-80 centimeters in length. The object followed a straight, easterly trajectory without maneuvers and emitted pulses of light for about one second without an explosion. The witnesses, identified as members of the Spanish Air Force, were considered highly reliable by the reporting officer, who noted that they were accustomed to the skies and not prone to misinterpreting atmospheric conditions. Weather reports from Torrejon Air Base confirmed clear visibility and a lack of electrical atmospheric activity in the area at the time of the incident. While the official conclusion on the record card categorized the object as an 'astronomical meteor,' the report also includes informal comments from personnel at Torrejon AB regarding a separate, unverified report of an 'orange ball' crossing the base and breaking into smaller particles. The reporting officer emphasized that the primary witnesses were 'quite agasht' at the sight of the object and remained emphatic about their description of its size, speed, and trajectory.