PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Garden City, New York, 9 October 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a UFO sighting reported on October 9, 1957, in Garden City, New York. The witness, identified as a housewife over the age of 21, observed a single, oval-shaped, bright silver object that appeared to be the size of a dime held at arm's length. The object was observed for approximately three to four minutes, during which time it was seen moving straight up. The report includes a teletype communication between various Air Force units, including the 26th Air Division Defense at Roslyn AFS, New York, and the Air Defense Command at Ent AFB, Colorado. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the sighting was likely caused by a balloon that had been recently released. However, the document contains handwritten annotations from an internal reviewer who questioned the consistency of the report, specifically noting that if the object was moving straight up, it should not have appeared lower on the horizon by the end of the observation period. The report also notes that there was a multi-engine passenger aircraft in the vicinity, though it was traveling in the opposite direction of the sighting. The weather conditions at the time were reported as having unlimited visibility with specific wind data provided at various altitudes.