Project 10073 Record Card and Intelligence Report IR-5-62

On 29 October 1962, at approximately 2400Z, a witness at the G. P. Bar Ranch near Cora, Wyoming, observed two distinct objects. The witness, a 44-year-old man who manages the ranch and is a former US Navy Security Officer, was looking out of a large picture window when he first sighted an object coming up the Green River Canyon. This first object was estimated to be at an altitude of 12,000 feet and was identified by the witness as a conventional aircraft, specifically the size of a Navy RD-4 transport, with all landing lights illuminated. It performed a sweeping turn and disappeared down the canyon. Shortly thereafter, a second object was sighted at an altitude of approximately 16,000 to 17,000 feet. This object was described as more brilliantly illuminated than the first, surrounded by a pearlescent haze, and appearing roughly the size of a quarter of a full moon. It remained motionless for 15 to 20 minutes before slowly gaining altitude to 40,000 feet and drifting in a north-westerly direction. The witness observed this second object for approximately one and a half hours using 8-power field glasses. The weather was reported as clear with no winds. Air Force investigators from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, interviewed the witness and concluded that while the first object was likely a conventional aircraft, the second object could not be identified. The investigators noted that the witness was a stable and logical person, and that all local efforts to identify the second object had been exhausted.