Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting at Langley AFB and Hatteras Inlet, 19 October 1960

This document consists of a series of military messages and a Project 10073 record card detailing a UFO sighting that occurred on October 19, 1960. The primary witness, A/2C Donald R. Clark, an official weather observer at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, reported observing a pencil-shaped, grapefruit-sized object that appeared dull red and yellow. Clark noted that the object seemed to be throwing sparks in all directions, creating a flickering light strong enough to cast his own shadow. The observation lasted approximately 3 to 5 seconds, during which the object followed a straight-line descending flight path before disappearing. A second report, originating from the CIRIS X Tower Watch at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, described a similar event. The tower watch reported an object first sighted as a bright light in the northwest, which grew to approximately 75 to 100 feet across and exhibited an oblong shape. This object reportedly hovered over the station at about 1000 feet for 15 seconds, changed color from orange to white and then purplish, and finally faded to the northeast at high speed. The tower watch noted that the object left a bright trail three times its length and that their radio was completely blocked by static during the event. Official analysis concluded that the sightings were likely caused by a fireball meteor. The report explicitly states that no aircraft were in the area at the time and that the description of the object throwing sparks like a 'fourth of July' sparkler is characteristic of a meteor-like trail. The documents were processed under Project 10073 and in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2.