Project 10073 Record Card and UFO Report — APO 253, France, 6-7 December 1963

This document details a UFO sighting incident occurring on December 6-7, 1963, at APO 253 in France. The incident began at 1710Z when an unidentified object was reported heading northwest at an altitude of 400 feet, turning final on runway 26 with a groundspeed of 40-50 MPH. The object appeared to fall out of the sky, prompting a series of notifications within the 322 Air Division (Combat Cargo). Major Larose was tasked with leading a ground search, which was authorized by Colonel Sulloway. The search party, including radar operators SSgt D. R. Fabre and TSgt A. Rubick, initially terminated their search on the evening of December 6 with negative results. On December 7, a C-47 on a local flight successfully located the object in some trees. Captain A. Hill of the Proficiency Flight Section confirmed the object was a balloon with a radar reflector. The report concludes that the object was a wind-drift radar reflector, though no instruments were found attached to it. The case file includes one 4x5 inch photograph and one negative.