Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting near Mitchel Field, New York, 4 November 1957

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and associated teletype communications regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on November 4, 1957, near Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. A civilian witness reported observing a single, round, yellow object flying in circles overhead for approximately 15 minutes. The witness insisted that the object was not an aircraft. The report notes that the object was not visible to the control tower operator at Mitchel Air Force Base. Official analysis conducted by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) concluded that the description, duration, and flight path of the object were consistent with a balloon. The teletype correspondence, dated November 5, 1957, confirms the transmission of this report from the 26th Air Division at Roslyn Air Force Station to various military intelligence commands, including ATIC and the Air Defense Command at Ent Air Force Base. The weather conditions at the time were reported as 40 scattered clouds with 8 miles of visibility and a surface wind of 11 knots at 32 degrees.