Project 10073 Record Card and Incoming Message — Camp Pendleton, California, 30 September 1959

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and an associated incoming Air Force message regarding a UFO sighting at Camp Pendleton, California, on September 30, 1959. The sighting, reported by Major James G. Cashman of the 7th Communication Battalion, involved a single, circular, silverish-blue object observed for two to three seconds. The witness described the object as moving at twice the speed of a jet aircraft, maintaining a straight and level flight path before disappearing into a cloud. The object was observed at an elevation of approximately 70 degrees and moved through an arc of about 25 degrees in azimuth. Two jet aircraft were noted to be flying in the opposite direction at approximately 4,000 feet just prior to the sighting. The official conclusion recorded on the card is that the description and data indicate a meteor observation. The document also includes unrelated press clippings from the Science News Letter regarding the discovery of new comets and a separate report on the crash of a Braniff Airways airliner near Buffalo, Texas, on September 29, 1959, which involved witness testimonies of strange lights in the sky, though these appear to be separate incidents included in the archival file.