PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Terre Haute, Indiana, 15 Oct 59

This document collection details a series of UFO sightings reported in Terre Haute, Indiana, on October 15, 1959. The initial record card, Project 10073, notes that a phone call was received by Major Robert J. Friend from Major Tacker of SAFOI-3d regarding a congressional inquiry initiated by the president of a local UFO club known as the Research & Education Committee on Aerial Phenomena (RECAP). The report lists four distinct sightings: a white light observed at 6:10 PM, red lights seen south of Terre Haute at 6:45 PM, two green balls of fire approaching a witness from Crawfordsville, Indiana, between 6:45 and 6:50 PM, and two orange balls of fire seen by a pilot at 7:00 PM, followed by a white flash. Despite these detailed accounts, the official Air Force response, dated December 30, 1959, and signed by Colonel Harold P. Sparks, explicitly states that the United States has no record of these sightings and that they were never reported to the Air Force. Consequently, the official conclusion provided is that there is insufficient data for evaluation and no official explanation is available. The file includes internal routing slips and correspondence between military offices, confirming the administrative handling of the congressional inquiry.