Project 10073 Record Card and Sighting Report — Sutton, Alaska, 17 December 1960

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype communications regarding a UFO sighting reported on December 17, 1960, near Sutton, Alaska. The primary witness, an unnamed individual, was observing stars in the 'dippers' with their son when they noticed a yellow, glowing, round object with no tail or sound. The object moved in a straight flight path from slightly west of north to the east, ascending from 50 degrees to 60 degrees above the horizon over a duration of three to four minutes. The observation occurred under clear, bright conditions. The report was processed by the Alaskan Air Command (AAC) and forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) for evaluation. Following consultation with the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska, the object was officially identified as the Soviet satellite Sputnik IV. The documentation includes detailed coordinates, weather data, and the specific flight path observed by the witness, ultimately concluding that the phenomenon was not an unidentified aerial anomaly but a known artificial satellite.