Project 10073 Record Card — Cayuga Lake, New York, 3 April 1952

This document collection details a sighting of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) reported by a crew chief at Robinson Airlines and his companion, a school teacher. On the evening of April 3, 1952, at approximately 2110 hours, the witnesses were traveling in an automobile along the west shore of Cayuga Lake, New York, when they observed a large green fireball. The object was described as moving rapidly in an arc from the northeast to the northwest, with green flames streaking out from the main body. The report was formally documented on an Air Intelligence Information Report (AF Form 112) by Lt. Donald L. Myers of the USAF. The sighting was later evaluated by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), which concluded that the object was 'Probably Astronomical' and likely a meteor. The documentation includes correspondence from the 3650th Military Training Wing at Sampson Air Force Base, dated February 9, 1953, which notes that the report was submitted following a request for information published in Life Magazine. The correspondence clarifies that the military received three unrelated letters regarding such sightings, but none provided significant accuracy or were received in time to be of high intelligence value. The file includes the original report, the cover letter from the 3650th Military Training Wing, and a copy of the letter from the witness, Mrs. [illegible], who submitted the report after reading the Life Magazine article. The documents are marked as unclassified and were subject to standard downgrading procedures.