Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting Report - Brooklyn, New York, 25 August 1961

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding a UFO sighting reported in Brooklyn, New York, on August 25, 1961. The witness, a 33-year-old female restaurant manager, observed a flat, brilliant, white, shiny, and flickering object for approximately 20 minutes. She described the object as having a tail that followed it, estimated to be four times the size of the object itself. The object was observed moving from the northwest to the southeast before gradually fading from view. The witness was reportedly observing a partial eclipse of the moon at the time of the sighting. The investigation, conducted by Captain William S. Barnett of the Intelligence Division at the New York Air Defense Sector, concluded that the sighting was likely a weather balloon released from New York International Airport. The report notes that the balloon would have been equipped with a light for tracking by the U.S. Weather Bureau and that the winds at the time were consistent with the flight path of such a balloon. The document includes detailed meteorological data, including wind direction and velocity at various altitudes, to support this conclusion. No other sightings of the object were reported.