Project 10073 Record Card and Teletype Report — Wantagh, N.Y., 14 April 1958

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an accompanying teletype report regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on 14 April 1958 in Wantagh, New York. A civilian witness reported observing three circular objects traveling in a horizontal line. The objects were described as being the size of a full moon, dull white in color, and moving without making any noise or leaving a trail. The observation lasted approximately four to five seconds before the objects disappeared by fading out. The report notes that the objects originated a little east of south and continued on that trajectory. The military investigation, conducted by the 2508th Air Base Group at Mitchell Air Force Base, concluded that the sighting was an astronomical meteor. The comments section of the record card explains that the sighting was characteristic of a meteor that had broken up, noting that bolides can appear as a group of lights in formation. The teletype also mentions that an aircraft passed over the area on a heading due west at a low altitude approximately five to ten minutes after the sighting. Captain F. Gerken, the Airdrome Officer, is noted as having provided information regarding the possible trajectory of Sputnik in relation to the event.