Project 10073 Record Card — Raleigh, North Carolina, 17 November 1961

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported in Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 17, 1961. The primary report was submitted by a student at N.C. State College who, while observing Jupiter through a telescope with another individual, witnessed an unidentified object in the sky. The witness described the object as having a greenish-yellow color, moving south, and disappearing at a 60-degree elevation. The observation lasted approximately three to four seconds, and the witness explicitly noted that there was no sound. The witness also provided a sketch comparing the lights of the object to the Pleiades. The 8436 Air Force Reserve Recovery Group forwarded the report to CONAC (OIN) on December 22, 1961, requesting that the witness be advised of the findings. The Air Technical Intelligence Command evaluated the report and concluded that the object was a meteor. The official assessment stated that the description matched a classic meteor, specifically a fireball, and that the report of multiple objects was likely due to the meteor breaking up before burnout. Weather reports from Raleigh and Pope Air Force Base for the time of the sighting were included as attachments to support the evaluation. The military authorities determined that there was no evidence to suggest the object was anything other than a meteor and consequently took no further action.