Project 10073 Record Card — 8 November 1957

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated military teletype message regarding an aerial sighting on November 8, 1957. The incident occurred over the North Atlantic at coordinates 43 degrees 20 minutes North, 17 degrees 30 minutes West. Two aircraft were involved in the sighting, with one at 18,300 feet and the other at 16,800 feet, both heading at approximately 258 degrees. The witnesses, identified as LCDR Clayton of the USN (VR-6, McGuire AFB) and First Lieutenant Leroy Hansen of the USAF, reported observing a brilliant flash of blue-white light that appeared brighter than a meteor, accompanied by a purple ring. The time of the report was 2118Z. The teletype message, sent from AFCIN-2, confirms the visual sighting by the two aircraft in close proximity and notes excellent visibility conditions with winds from 335 at 45 knots at 8,000 feet. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 card categorizes the event as a meteor.