Project 10073 Record Card — Kansas City, Missouri, July 22, 1962

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 22, 1962. The primary witness was a 14-year-old boy with an interest in astronomy who observed a bright, bluish-white object moving in a southeasterly direction at an estimated altitude of 5 to 10 miles and a speed of 5,000 to 6,000 miles per hour. The witness, who was using a telescope at the time, reported that the object was approximately 800 to 1,000 feet across and eventually disappeared behind a cloud bank near the horizon. The witness explicitly stated that the object did not resemble any meteor he had previously observed. The official conclusion recorded on the card is that there was insufficient data for evaluation, though the comments section notes that while it was likely a meteor, the observer's familiarity with such objects made this classification uncertain. The file includes a memorandum from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense dated September 17, 1962, referring the correspondence to the Director of Information, USAF, for appropriate action.