Project 10073 Record Card and Related Correspondence: Knoxville, Tennessee Sighting

This document collection centers on a sighting report from 20 November 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee, where two sheriff's deputies observed a 'football with a tail' object at approximately 4:17 AM. The object was described as having red, blue, and green trailing fire and moving from the southwest to the northeast at an estimated altitude of 2,000 feet. A U.S. Air Force B-52 crew flying over Knoxville at 35,000 feet also reported the object, evaluating it as a meteor. The file includes a Project 10073 record card, correspondence between the Air Force and Charles P. Olivier of the American Meteor Society, and internal Air Force communications regarding the classification of such sightings. The Air Force consistently attributed the sighting to a meteor, despite inquiries from the public and researchers regarding the possibility of artificial satellites or other phenomena. The document also contains broader information on UAP reporting procedures, including references to AFR 200-2 and JANAP 146, and includes various press clippings and reports from other sightings in Argentina and the United Kingdom, illustrating the global nature of UAP interest during this period.