Project 10073 Record Card — Bellmore, New York, November 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting in Bellmore, Long Island, New York, in November 1957. The primary witness, identified as a 53-year-old individual named Marks, reported observing a single white or gray object moving in a straight line for a duration of approximately one minute. The military investigation, conducted by the 26th Air Division at Roslyn Air Force Station and forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, found the report to be of extremely poor quality. The evaluating officers noted that the witness failed to provide critical data points, including the object's shape, size, elevation, azimuth, and the specific manner in which it disappeared. Consequently, the official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that there was insufficient data for a formal evaluation. The file includes weather data for the region at the time of the sighting, which indicated clear conditions, yet this did not assist in identifying the object. The correspondence reflects the administrative process of routing UAP reports through various Air Defense commands, including the Air Defense Command (ADC) at Ent Air Force Base and the Eastern Air Defense Force (EADF) at Stewart Air Force Base, ultimately resulting in the case being closed due to a lack of actionable information.