Project 10073 Record Card — Sighting of 21 November 1957

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and associated military teletype communications regarding an aerial sighting that occurred on the evening of November 21, 1957. The incident involved reports from two locations: Jones Beach, Long Island, New York, and Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Witnesses, including a military officer (LT Carr of VS 32), described a round object approximately the size of a baseball. The object was observed to be electric blue in color, leaving a bluish trail, and was reported to have exploded with sparks. Another observation noted a brilliant white flash that was bright enough to illuminate a cockpit. The duration of the sightings was recorded as three seconds and six seconds respectively. The military teletype messages, routed through the 26th Air Division, indicate that the observers were unable to provide specific details regarding the object's precise shape, size, elevation, or azimuth, noting that the information provided was very limited. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear. The official conclusion recorded on the project card and in the teletype notes is that the description is consistent with that of a meteor or meteorite, although the investigating personnel acknowledged that there was insufficient data to reach a definitive conclusion.