Project 10073 Record Card — Livingston Manor, N.Y., 7 August 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting that occurred on August 7, 1957, in Livingston Manor, New York. The report involves three civilian witnesses who observed a single, round, transparent object described as being the size of a basketball. The object remained in sight for at least one hour. The report includes multiple time entries, specifically 1845Z, 1955Z, and 2200Z. The documentation indicates that the object's behavior was described differently by various parties, with one party noting a flight path from the northwest to the west, while another reported that the object circled. Altitude estimates provided by the third party ranged between 12,000 and 15,000 feet. Weather conditions at the time were noted as having scattered clouds with a broken layer at 4,000 to 5,000 feet. The official conclusion reached by the reporting officer, Captain Stephen M. Flanagan of the USAF Operational Intelligence Office, was that the object was a weather balloon. This assessment was supported by the reporting officer and at least one other observer. The document also notes that intelligence requested aircraft surveillance, but the results were negative.