Project 10073 Record Card - Brooklyn, N.Y. - 24 Jan 59

This document contains a UAP sighting report filed by a 42-year-old textile clerk regarding an event on January 24, 1959, in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York. The witness reported observing a stationary, oval-shaped, bright silver object that appeared to be the size of a dime at arm's length. The witness noted that the object had no wings, no jet traces, and made no sound. The observation lasted approximately 1.25 seconds. The witness also mentioned the presence of two commercial planes and one private plane in the sky at the time of the sighting. The witness expressed frustration that their friend, who was present, did not pay attention to the object. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 record card is that the object was 'probably sun reflecting from an a/c.' A subsequent memorandum from the U.S. Air Force, dated August 11, 1959, notes that a search of ATIC files failed to locate information regarding the reported sighting or any subsequent pursuit by a jet aircraft, which the witness had alluded to in their correspondence. The file includes the original questionnaire, a personal letter from the witness to the Office for UFO Info at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and internal Air Force administrative correspondence.