Project 10073 Record Card — Deberry, Texas, 9 Oct 60

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype report concerning an Unidentified Flying Object sighting in Deberry, Texas, on October 9, 1960. The witnesses, a married couple described as reliable commercial vegetable growers, reported observing a rocket-shaped object, approximately the size of a six-inch ruler, moving in a northerly direction. The object was described as bluish-green, very bright, and left a trail of reddish sparks upon disappearing. The duration of the sighting was estimated at one to two seconds. The report notes that the witnesses used no optical aids and that the night was perfectly clear. One of the witnesses, who had a background in ballistics intelligence during World War II, specifically noted that the object's appearance and behavior were similar to rockets he had observed in flight, and he explicitly discounted the possibility that the object was a weather balloon. Despite the witness's expertise, the official conclusion recorded on the document is that the description and duration are characteristic of a large meteor. The teletype, transmitted under AFR 200-2, includes detailed weather data for the area at the time of the sighting, noting that ground fog was present but that no weather balloons were released in the area.