Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting Incident, Columbus, Georgia, 22-23 June 1962

This document comprises a series of reports and staff logs from Headquarters USAIC at Fort Benning, Georgia, detailing multiple sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena between the evening of June 22 and the early morning of June 23, 1962. The reports describe various lights of high intensity, some stationary and others moving, which were observed by both civilians and military personnel. Radar contact was established, and several objects were initially tracked. The reports were forwarded to the Foreign Technology Division (FTD) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in compliance with Air Force Regulation 200-2. The official investigation concluded that the sightings were likely attributable to a combination of aircraft, weather balloons, and astronomical bodies, specifically noting the positions of Jupiter, Arcturus, and Pollux, and suggesting that atmospheric inversion conditions contributed to the visual phenomena. The documentation includes a Project 10073 record card, a formal report on unidentified flying objects, and excerpts from the Daily Staff Journal of the Duty Officer.