Project 10073 Record Card and Incident Report — St. Albans, West Virginia, 17 May 1960

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and a subsequent teletype report regarding a UFO sighting in St. Albans, West Virginia, on May 17, 1960. A civilian witness reported observing a red or orange object moving from east to west at an estimated altitude of 500 to 600 feet. The observation lasted approximately 45 minutes before the object faded into the darkness. The witness utilized binoculars during the event. The report was filed by the 783rd ACW Squadron at Guthrie AFS, Charleston, West Virginia, and directed to the Aerospace Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) and other military commands. Captain Joseph Schwarz, the operation officer, evaluated the report and concluded that it lacked sufficient information for a definitive analysis. He suggested that the object was likely a star or a planet, noting that the witness was untrained and could have been mistaken. He further observed that there were no other reports of the object during the 45-minute period and that the moon rise at 0127Z might have accounted for the sighting. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with scattered to broken sky conditions and 15 miles of visibility. The document includes a copy notation for Dr. Hynek, a prominent consultant for the Air Force's UFO investigations.