Project 10073 Record Card — Wurtland, Kentucky, April 4, 1962

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a civilian sighting of an unidentified aerial object in Wurtland, Kentucky, on April 4, 1962. The witness, a 15-year-old male, observed the object through a 117-power telescope for approximately six minutes. He described the object as having a comet-like appearance, orange and yellow in color, with a fuzzy surface and a tail that pointed toward the sun rather than away from it. The object was reported as stationary in the constellation Virgo, near Gamma Virgo, at an azimuth of 105 degrees. The witness noted that the object's brightness fluctuated between -2.5 and the 5th or 6th magnitude. He also observed the object move behind a cloud and noted that it did not resemble a plane or aircraft exhaust. The witness, who was studying the constellation Virgo at the time, reported the sighting to the U.S. Air Force. Another individual, John Lewis, was also present during the observation. The official conclusion recorded on the card is that the sighting appears to be astronomical in nature and posed no threat to the security of the United States.