Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Charleston, West Virginia, July 1960
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1960 sighting report from Charleston, West Virginia, describes a basketball-sized, glowing object with a tail. The Air Force concluded the object was a slow-moving meteor.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype reports regarding a UFO sighting in Charleston, West Virginia, occurring on either July 20 or 21, 1960. The witnesses, a couple aged 57 and 55, reported observing a round object, approximately the size of a basketball, exhibiting a bright white heat and a small teardrop-shaped tail described as an afterglow. The object was observed for 10 to 15 seconds traveling in a straight path at a low altitude over trees before disappearing. The observers were located at their home, approximately 2 to 3 miles from the Kanawha County Airport. The military investigation, conducted by the 783rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (ACWRON), noted that the weather conditions were clear with patches of ground fog. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the description provided by the witnesses corresponded to a slow meteor observation. The report includes standard administrative data, including references to Air Force Regulation (AFR) 200-2, and confirms that no radar contact or photographic evidence was obtained during the event.
Round object with small teardrop tail, size of basketball, bright like white heat. The small tail was like an afterglow.
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Official Assessment
Description corresponds to slow meteor observation.
The object was identified as a slow meteor. The report notes that the Kanawha County Airport was 2-3 miles from the observers, and aircraft landing lights could have potentially illuminated a patch of ground, though the primary conclusion remains a meteor.