Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting in Australia, 12 March 1961

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military communications regarding an aerial sighting in Australia on March 12, 1961. The primary witness was an off-duty RAAF officer who observed the event with his son. The object was described as appearing bright white initially, then turning a brighter green, and finally burning out in a line of orange sparks. The object traveled from north to south at high speed in a low arc, approximately 25 degrees above the horizon. The report notes that the sighting was also witnessed by many people in the Brisbane area and was reported from Dalby. Due to light cloud cover, it was impossible to determine if the burnout occurred above or below the clouds. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, ATIC, was that the description was characteristic of a large meteor. The documentation includes a military cable from USAIRA Canberra to various USAF commands, including the Aerospace Tech Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, referencing the sighting under the project name MOON DUST.