Project 10073 Record Card and Associated Message Traffic — Fort Worth, Texas, April 1962

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and subsequent Air Force teletype messages regarding a series of UFO sightings on April 29, 1962, near Fort Worth, Texas. The primary witness, a nuclear engineer and amateur astronomer, reported observing an elongated, egg-shaped object that appeared brighter than the Echo I satellite. The object was sighted three times: first in the North, and subsequently in the West, heading East. The witness, accompanied by his two sons, used 7x50 binoculars and a 75-power telescope to track the object. The report notes that the object exhibited unusual movement, including splitting into three targets and then merging back into one. Radar installations at Duncanville and Sheppard AFB reported strange behavior during the period of the sightings, and Carswell RAPCON reported a target 35NM East of the base that split into three targets before disappearing. While local radio had broadcast reports of meteorites in the area, the observer noted his sightings did not match those reports. The Air Force investigation concluded that the third sighting was likely an earth satellite. Radar anomalies were attributed to heavy atmospheric pressure. The observer took several photographs and a full reel of 16mm film, though the document notes that analysis of the film at the Foreign Technology Division (FTD) was not feasible.