Project 10073 Record Card — Sighting in New York State, 14 September 1955

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on 14 September 1955. A civilian witness reported observing a single oblong object that changed colors from yellow to red and back to yellow. The object was initially observed traveling on a northeast course before changing its heading to the northwest. The report indicates that the sighting occurred at 0300Z. The intelligence officer of the 655th ACSRON at Watertown Air Force Station, New York, relayed the information to the Director of Intelligence at HQ USAF and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson AFB. The official conclusion recorded on the card is that there was insufficient data for a formal evaluation. The teletype correspondence further clarifies that the report was relayed by base operations at Griffiss AFB in Rome, New York. Notably, the report mentions that heavy thunderstorm activity was present in the area north of the station at the time of the observation, which may have been a factor in the assessment of the event.