Project 10073 Record Card — Miyako Jima Air Station, 2 June 1961

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and a supporting teletype message detailing an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting on June 2, 1961, at Miyako Jima Air Station in Okinawa. The primary witness, First Lieutenant Robert N. Monahan, a weapons controller with Detachment 1, 603rd ACWRON, observed a single object for approximately five minutes. The object was described as blue-white, star-like in shape, and roughly twice the size of a pinhead at arm's length. It moved across the sky in an arc, with its speed described as erratic and too slow to be a meteor. The witness noted that the object appeared to be lit, but at one point, it seemed as if the light had been turned off. The observation was made using private binoculars. The weather conditions were reported as clear with unlimited visibility. The report explicitly states that no radar contact was made, no photographs were taken, and no physical evidence was recovered. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that while the evidence was sufficient for evaluation, no definitive explanation could be determined, and the case was officially classified as unidentified. The document is marked as Confidential and includes instructions regarding its declassification schedule.