Project 10073 Record Card — Kettering, Ohio, 7 May 1961

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated U.S. Air Force technical information sheet detailing a sighting that occurred in Kettering, Ohio, on May 7, 1961. The witness, a 43-year-old male Corporal affiliated with HQ AFLC, reported observing an object at approximately 0100 local time. The observation lasted for three seconds. The witness described the object as appearing like a green flare, brighter than the brightest stars, which changed color from green to orange as it moved toward the earth. The object first appeared in the south, 10 degrees toward the west, at an elevation of 50 degrees from the horizon, and disappeared at 190 degrees from true north at the horizon. The witness noted that there was no sound associated with the object. The weather conditions at the time were described as hazy. The report was taken over the telephone by Captain E.B. Clark, an ATIC duty officer. The official analysis concluded that the object possessed all the characteristics of a meteor of the fireball class. The report states that all available evidence indicates the object was a spectacular meteor entering the earth's atmosphere, noting that the colors reported by the witness are those normally associated with meteors of this type. The source reliability was evaluated as 'probably good'.