Project 10073 Record Card — New York, New York, 27 December 1960

This document contains a sighting report and associated correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on December 27, 1960, in New York City. The primary witness, a 13-year-old boy, reported observing a single object with red and green flickering lights for approximately five minutes and twenty seconds. The witness described the object as being brighter than the surrounding stars and roughly the size of a pea at arm's length. He noted that the object moved from the northeast to the east, eventually disappearing from view by rising and fading. The witness explicitly stated that there was no sound associated with the object. The sighting was reported using an Air Force Technical Information Sheet for U.F.O.s, which was subsequently processed by the Office of Information. A letter dated August 3, 1961, from Gladys E. Wise of the Operations Branch, confirms that the information was forwarded to the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for analysis. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 record card suggests that the object was likely an aircraft, noting that the red and green flashing lights, size, speed, and other characteristics were consistent with aircraft observation. The witness himself speculated in his report that the object might have been a machine manned or operated by remote control to spy on human activity, though he acknowledged he could not account for the specific light colors.