PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Sighting Report, 25 May 1962

This document is an incoming Air Force message dated May 28, 1962, detailing a UFO sighting that occurred on May 25, 1962, in Indiana. Multiple witnesses, including a quality control supervisor, an engineer, and others, observed a bell-shaped object with an elongated, flaming exhaust tail. The object was described as multi-colored—white, blue, yellow, orange, and red—and appeared like a piece of extremely hot metal. The sighting lasted between 3 and 5 seconds, with the object moving at high speed toward the east. The report includes detailed coordinates and witness locations near Rockville and Portland Mills. While the official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the object was a fireball or meteor, the investigating officers, TSGT Nevin E. Tarr and SSGT John King, expressed a dissenting opinion. Based on the consistency of the witness accounts and the object's flight characteristics, the investigators stated that they believed the object was not a natural phenomenon and could potentially be a self-powered projectile.