Project 10073 Record Card — Stanley, Idaho, 29 May 1961

This document contains a UAP sighting report from 29 May 1961, involving a civilian observer in the Sawtooth Primitive Area near Stanley, Idaho. The witness, who identified himself as a former WWII gunner and Merchant Marine with a background in biology, reported observing a stationary, steel-gray, horizontally compressed spheroid object for approximately ten minutes. The witness noted that the object appeared to be about 50 feet in diameter and had a 'lustrous pearl' quality. He observed the object through binoculars, noting that while small clouds from local showers passed both behind and in front of the object, the object itself remained stationary relative to the mountains. The witness explicitly stated that the object did not move and that he was unable to identify it with any object seen in his previous experience. The report includes a formal memorandum from Major Robert J. Friend of the Air Force Intelligence Center (AFCIN-4E) dated 16 June 1961, which notes that the initial information provided by the witness was insufficient for a valid conclusion, leading to the request for the completion of an ATIC Form 164. The final evaluation by the Air Force concluded that the object was a lenticular cloud, citing its fixed position relative to the mountains and the local wind conditions as evidence that it was not a solid, non-natural object. The document also contains supplemental pages, including a copy of a 'Science News Letter' from April 1961 discussing astronomical phenomena, and brief, unrelated reports of other sightings in Long Beach, California, and Clinton, Iowa, which appear to be part of a larger compilation of UAP-related materials.