Project 10073 Record Card and Correspondence — Keller, Washington, July 1962

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported by a civilian employee of Consolidated Mines and Smelting Co., Ltd. in Keller, Washington. The witness reported observing an object on three consecutive nights in July 1962, describing it as a mercury-white, flashing object that moved from the south-west to the north-east at an altitude of approximately 35,000 feet. The witness noted that the object moved at several times the speed of jets and made no sound. The witness expressed concern about whether the object might be a Soviet space effort or a satellite. The Foreign Technology Division (FTD) reviewed the initial report and determined it lacked sufficient detail. Consequently, they requested that the witness complete a formal FTD Form #164 questionnaire and provided specific follow-up questions regarding the duration of the sighting, the consistency of the duration across observations, and the frequency of the object's flashing. The FTD also provided guidance on how to distinguish aircraft from satellites, noting that satellites cross specific parallels of latitude at predictable angles. The final assessment recorded on the project card concluded that the object was likely an aircraft, and that the extreme clarity of the night sky likely contributed to an illusion of unusual brightness.