Project 10073 Record Card — Floral Park, L.I., New York, 7 November 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype report concerning a UFO sighting that occurred on November 7, 1957, in Floral Park, Long Island, New York. The witness, a 14-year-old student, reported observing a very bright white object, described as being the size of a dime, for a duration of ten minutes. The report highlights significant inconsistencies in the witness's account, specifically regarding the object's movement; the observer stated twice that the object was stationary, while also claiming at another time that the object was moving west. The military investigation, conducted by the 26th Air Division and evaluated by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), concluded that the sighting was likely the planet Venus. This conclusion was reached by performing an astronomical plot, which indicated that Venus was in the exact position reported by the witness at the time of the observation. The report includes detailed weather data for the area, noting thin scattered cirrus clouds and hazy conditions, and confirms that there were no radar contacts or photographs associated with the event. The documentation serves as an example of the standard military procedure for processing and evaluating civilian reports of unidentified aerial phenomena during the late 1950s, emphasizing the reliance on astronomical data to resolve reports characterized by limited or contradictory information.