PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 17 Oct 55 2. LOCATION Yuma, Arizona 12. CONCLUSIONS □ Was Balloon □ Probably Balloon □ Possibly Balloon □ Was Aircraft □ Probably Aircraft □ Possibly Aircraft 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local _______ GMT 17/0808Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Visual □ Air-Visual □ Ground-Radar □ Air-Intercept Radar □ Was Astronomical Meteor □ Probably Astronomical [X] Possibly Astronomical 5. PHOTOS □ Yes XX No 6. SOURCE military □ Other_______ □ Insufficient Data for Evaluation □ Unknown 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 - 4 seconds 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS approx 12 9. COURSE SSE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Approx 12 pale yellow lights traveling in a SSE direction, formation was wide "v" with 3 of the outer lights appearing to be echelon. Lights grew dimmer, smaller, and then faded. Observer had impression of very high alt. (NO CASE IN FILE) 11. COMMENTS Duration of sighting and the impression of high alt leads to evaluation that observer possibly saw a meteor shower or small band of asteroids which were drawn into the outer fringes of our atmosphere. Possible meteor. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)