Project 10073 Record Card — Long Island Sound, New York, 25 June 1960

On June 25, 1960, at approximately 2100 hours local time, a group of three adults and three children observed an unidentified aerial object while on a boat in the Long Island Sound, New York, positioned between Plum Gut and Shelter Island. The witnesses described the object as a white, star-like light with the brightness of a first-magnitude star. The object exhibited rapid speed and performed a maneuver described as a 'hairpin turn,' returning along its original course without any apparent reduction in speed. The duration of the sighting was estimated at six to eight minutes. The witnesses initially speculated that the object might have been a U-2 aircraft reflecting sunlight at high altitude, or possibly a satellite, though they noted the earth was in darkness at the time. Following their observation, the witnesses submitted a report to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The official record card for Project 10073 concludes that while the information provided was limited, the object was most likely a high-flying aircraft.