Project 10073 Record Card and Observer Questionnaire - September 27, 1952

This document contains a sighting report filed by a witness in Mapleton, Minnesota, regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on September 27, 1952. The witness, who was riding in a car driven by her husband, reported seeing an object at approximately 10:15 P.M. The object was described as having a dark gray body with clear, cellophane-like knobs and a very long tail composed of many threads of fire. The witness estimated the object was at an altitude of 50 to 60 feet and moving at 45 miles per hour from the southeast to the northwest. The object made no sound and its lights blinked irregularly. The witness noted that the object appeared to turn toward their vehicle before disappearing. The report includes a completed observer questionnaire, sketches of the object's shape and path, and correspondence from the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base acknowledging the report. The witness stated that her first impression was that it might be a guided missile from Russia or a jet plane, but she dismissed these ideas because the object was moving too slowly and at too low an altitude. The document also contains a separate, unrelated incident report from September 26, 1952, involving a C-124 aircraft over the Azores, which was officially categorized as 'Unknown'.