Project 10073 Record Card — Hialeah, Florida, 14 April 1957

This document is a Project 10073 Record Card detailing a sighting that occurred on 14 April 1957 in Hialeah, Florida. At 2049 EST, witnesses observed a single object in the sky for a duration of five seconds. The object was described as round with a tail, approximately the size of a quarter, and colored white with an orange tail. The tail was noted to be three times longer than the body of the object. The object was observed to be falling. The sighting occurred on a clear night. The investigation involved contacting Mr. Phillip Ackerman of the Miami Weather Station, who provided an assessment that the object was a meteor of larger than normal size in a state of decomposition. The official conclusion recorded on the card is that the object was an astronomical event, specifically a meteor. The document includes administrative routing information and references to the Miami Ground Observer Corps (GOC).