Project 10073 Record Card — Ironton, Ohio, 15 September 1960

This document is a collection of reports regarding unidentified aerial phenomena observed on September 15, 1960. The primary incident involves a report from Ironton, Ohio, where a witness described a bright star-like object rotating in both clockwise and counter-clockwise directions. The witness reported that the object increased speed tremendously and emitted a burst of light. Local checks were conducted with Patterson Field, AACS, RAPCON, and weather balloon release stations, yielding no results. The official evaluation concluded that the witness was observing the planet Jupiter, which was at a magnitude of -1.8 and positioned near the horizon at the time of the sighting. The report suggests that the witness's attention was drawn to the planet, and a secondary light source may have been observed after the planet set. The document also includes brief summaries of other reports from the same date, including a sighting by a SAC aircraft near Memphis, Tennessee, which was believed to be an Atlas missile launch, and a sighting by a B-47 aircraft near Lufkin, Texas, which appeared like a large explosion.