Project 10073 Record Card — Rockville Center, New York, 27 December 1953

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype report detailing a UFO sighting that occurred on December 27, 1953, in Rockville Center, New York. The witness, identified as a 45-year-old former aircraft mechanic at Republic, observed a single, round, white and gray object with a definite outline, described as being the size of a basketball. The observation lasted between three and four minutes. The object was observed moving toward the east before the witness ceased observation to watch an aircraft. The report notes that the witness used binoculars during the sighting. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), was that the duration, description, and flight path of the object were characteristic of a balloon. The report includes meteorological data for the area at the time of the sighting and mentions that 1st Lieutenant E. W. Sweeney was the Airdrome Officer on duty. The report was filed in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2.