Project 10073 Record Card and Extract from ATIC Duty Officers Report

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and supporting correspondence regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on January 15, 1960. At approximately 0125Z, a large number of military and civilian observers across North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wyoming reported seeing a flaming green object. The report was initially transmitted through a three-way communication network involving the SAC Command Post at Offutt AFB, the 15th Air Force Command Post at March Field, California, and the HQ USAF Command Post. The communication was described as garbled and full of static, making it difficult to extract detailed information. The incident was brought to the attention of Major Friend, the USAF UFO Officer, who recommended that the 1127th FAG be contacted for further investigation. Despite the widespread nature of the reports, the official conclusion reached by the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the object was a meteor. The documentation notes that there was no evidence to suggest the object was anything other than a meteor. The record card explicitly states that the information gathered was garbled and that little could be gained from the available data. The correspondence also mentions a separate, unrelated report of a 'lost Russian missile' received by Col. Vitunac, which was being monitored by the Pentagon.