Project 10073 Record Card - Garden City, New York - 12 November 1959

This document file contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported by a civilian in Garden City, New York, on November 12, 1959. The witness, while walking home from Adelphi College, observed an object in the east-northeast sky at approximately 5:40 P.M. The object was described as a yellowish-white light that appeared to climb erratically from 20 degrees to 45 degrees above the horizon over a period of 10 to 15 minutes. The witness noted a faint whirring or droning sound and occasional bluish or greenish hues. The witness also expressed a desire for the Air Force to investigate potential contact methods and physical effects such as radiation or magnetic disturbances. The Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) evaluated the report and concluded that the sighting was likely the moon viewed through a haze layer, noting that the object's movement coincided with the expected path of a balloon released from the nearby Mitchell Air Force Base. Major L. J. Tacker of the Air Force's Public Information Division formally responded to the witness on January 21, 1960, stating that the Air Force had received no other reports of the sighting and reiterating the conclusion that the witness had observed the moon. Internal correspondence from April 1960 shows that ATIC officials viewed the witness as someone who felt it was their duty to make suggestions to the Air Force, and they advised that the witness be informed that the Air Force possessed no material evidence to support the existence of objects requiring contact or investigation for radiation and electrical disturbances.