Project 10073 Record Card — Vandalia, Ohio, October 1959

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an accompanying U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheet detailing a sighting reported by a witness in Vandalia, Ohio, on October 29, 1959. The witness, identified as a member of the USAF Headquarters Air Materiel Command, observed a single object in the sky for approximately four seconds. The object was described as having a blunt, white, fuzzy front with a tapering, sharply outlined tail. It traveled from East to West before disappearing by 'burning out.' The witness, who was driving at the time, noted the sky was clear and the weather was dry and cool. The witness explicitly identified the object as a 'meteor' in their report. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 card confirms this assessment, stating that the object was an 'Astronomical Meteor' and noting that the characteristics of a meteor observation were present. The report includes detailed responses to a standardized questionnaire regarding the witness's location, the object's appearance, and environmental conditions at the time of the sighting.