Project 10073 Record Card — New York, NY, 28 September 1958

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding an aerial sighting that occurred on 28 September 1958 in the vicinity of New York, specifically between NAS Floyd Bennett and Idlewild Airport. At 2328Z, an object described as a round, blue-white light was observed by an airport traffic controller at Idlewild and by flight crews, including TWA Flight 829 and an Eastern Airlines flight in the landing pattern. The object was estimated to be at an altitude of 800 to 1,000 feet and was observed traveling west for a duration of approximately three seconds. During this time, the object reportedly broke into three parts before disappearing instantaneously. The weather conditions were reported as clear. The report includes a notation from the Airdrome Officer, Captain Fred Perry, suggesting the possibility of engine exhaust. However, the final assessment recorded on the project card and in the comments section explicitly states that the description is characteristic of a meteor. The document follows the reporting procedures established under AFR 200-2.