Project 10073 Record Card and Related Correspondence, March 1960

This document collection comprises a series of reports and correspondence related to Project 10073, documenting various Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings occurring in March 1960. The primary record card details a sighting on March 31, 1960, by the S.S. LURILANE in the Hawaiian Islands, where a bright object, described as slower than a meteor, was observed for 10 seconds. The official conclusion for this specific incident was that it was a large meteor. The collection also includes several 'Information Only' reports detailing other sightings across the United States. These include a March 17, 1960, report from Ontario, California, involving a group of large white and red UFOs surrounded by smaller blinking objects, which were captured on movie film. Another report from March 14, 1960, in Baltimore, Maryland, describes a double-cylinder, bright orange object observed by a local detective and NICAP member. A separate report from March 14, 1960, in Wakefield, Massachusetts, describes an object resembling two inverted saucers with a rim. Additionally, the document includes correspondence between the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) and the Syracuse Herald-Journal regarding a reported sighting in Syracuse, New York, on March 9, 1960. ATIC informed the newspaper that they had not received any official reports for that specific area and date. A summary table of sightings from April 1–14, 1960, is also provided, categorizing various reports as 'Astro (Meteor)', 'Aircraft', 'Satellite', or 'Insufficient Data'. The document reflects the administrative process of the Air Force in cataloging and evaluating public reports of aerial phenomena during this period.