Project 10073 Record Card and Correspondence — Syosset, New York, July 1960

This document contains a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting in Syosset, New York, on July 16, 1960. The primary witness, a civilian, reported that his wife observed two objects while lying on their patio at approximately 2300 hours. Initially mistaking them for falling stars, she alerted her husband, who then observed the objects himself. The witness described the objects as appearing at a great height, emitting a reddish-orange light, and moving in a southerly direction with a vacillating course before abruptly changing to a westerly direction. The witness noted that the objects made no sound. Furthermore, the witness claimed that a neighbor, a former Air Force officer, had observed four similar objects in one flight on the same evening. The witness submitted this account to the Headquarters of the U.S. Air Force in the Pentagon on August 11, 1960, hoping for an evaluation. On August 16, 1960, Lt. Colonel Lawrence J. Tacker of the Public Information Division responded, stating that the initial letter did not contain sufficient information for a valid conclusion. Tacker instructed the witnesses to complete independent questionnaires and forward them to the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for further analysis. The project record card summarizes the event and concludes that there was nothing conflicting with aircraft analysis, though it ultimately categorizes the report as having insufficient data for a definitive evaluation.