Project 10073 Record Card — Schenectady-Albany, N.Y., 17 July 1957

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype communications regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on July 17, 1957, in the Schenectady-Albany, New York area. A single civilian observer reported seeing an oval-shaped object, described as the size of a dime and glowing white, moving in level flight from east to west. The object was observed for approximately three seconds below the cloud layer and was noted to be trailing brown fumes or smoke. The official conclusion recorded on the project card is that the event was a meteor sighting. However, the teletype correspondence indicates that the report was processed through military channels, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Handwritten annotations on the documents provide conflicting or supplementary interpretations, with one note suggesting the object might have been a jet aircraft with an afterburner. The report includes detailed weather and wind-aloft data for the time of the sighting, noting that the General Electric Nuclear Laboratories were located near the site of the observation. The documentation reflects the standard military procedure for recording and evaluating civilian reports of aerial phenomena during the 1950s.