Project 10073 Record Card and UFOB Report — Elmira, New York, July 11, 1957

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated military teletype report regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on July 11, 1957, in Elmira, New York. The sighting involved a single, circular, white object described as being the size of a pea. The witnesses, identified as the Elmira County Civil Defense Director and a clerk, observed the object for one hour and thirty minutes. The object was reported to have appeared motionless before moving slowly in a northerly and then easterly direction. The observers utilized binoculars during the sighting. The report notes that the object was not watched continuously. Meteorological data provided in the report indicates clear weather conditions with specific wind speeds and directions at various altitudes. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, the Air Technical Intelligence Center, was that the object was a balloon, citing that the observed flight path and wind conditions were consistent with such an analysis. The report was transmitted from the 648th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at Benton Air Force Station to various military commands, including the Air Defense Command and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.