Project 10073 Record Card — Great Neck, Long Island, N.Y., 12 December 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported on December 12, 1957, in Great Neck, Long Island, New York. The witness, identified as a reporter for the newspaper Newsday, described observing a square, yellow object approximately the size of a basketball. The object reportedly featured tentacles, emitted smoke, and produced a humming sound. According to the report, the object remained stationary before shooting across the sky, returning, and then moving straight up. The observation lasted for approximately five minutes. The witness claimed to have taken a photograph of the object using a Polaroid flash camera, though the document notes that the picture had not been received by the authorities at the time of the report. Military evaluators at the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) expressed significant skepticism regarding the report. They noted that the witness failed to provide necessary azimuth, bearing, or directional data. Furthermore, the weather conditions at the time were described as having an almost complete overcast with scattered snow. The investigators concluded that it was highly doubtful the witness could have accurately observed an object at the reported altitude of 1.5 miles under such conditions, suggesting that the appearance of the object was likely a result of the weather. The case was ultimately classified as having insufficient data for evaluation.