Project 10073 Record Card — Auburn, Maine, 20 Aug 63

This document is a Project 10073 record card documenting a report received by the Army on September 9, 1963, regarding the discovery of tinfoil strips on a farm in Auburn, Maine. The witness, who had read about a lost 'Space Needle' in Newsweek, inquired if the material was related to that event. An investigator attempted to contact the witness but was unsuccessful. However, the investigator did speak with a neighbor who had also discovered similar foil. The investigation concluded that the objects were, in fact, chaff used for radar jamming purposes. The document also includes a separate, unrelated communication regarding a reported explosion in the upper atmosphere near Turner River Station, Australia, on August 20, 1963, which was observed by two witnesses as a silver object leaving a smoke trail before bursting into an orange-colored flame. This secondary report notes that no aircraft were in the area and that finding debris was considered extremely remote due to the terrain.