Project 10073 Record Card — Corpus Christi, Texas, 26 October 1962

This document details the investigation of a physical object reported to have fallen from the sky in Corpus Christi, Texas, on 26 October 1962. A farmer reported that a piece of translucent material struck his plow. The material was recovered and forwarded to the Aeronautical Systems Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for analysis under Project 10073. The Physics Laboratory conducted a series of tests on the sample, which was assigned ASRCPA control number 10,360. These tests included radioactivity checks, light transmission analysis, chemical analysis for carbon and hydrogen, and light emission spectrography. The laboratory determined that the sample was a piece of low-quality soda-lime-silica glass. Further correspondence with the Owens-Illinois glass company confirmed that the fragment possessed characteristics consistent with a sheared gob from a large carboy or wide-mouth jar, likely with a capacity of 5 to 6.5 gallons. The company suggested the glass was likely manufactured at their Alton plant. The final evaluation report, dated 3 December 1962 and prepared by Major Solomon F. Brokeshoulder, concluded that the material was indeed bottle glass. The sample was subsequently returned to the Air Force.