Albany, New YorkOctober 1952

Unidentified

Summary

On October 4, 1952, a civilian woman near Albany, New York, reported one circular object. The Ground Observer Corps relayed the report. The object was described as circular, large, and one in number.

The object moved at an unusually fast speed and made no sound. It circled once and then headed north. It was in sight about 30 seconds.

Weather was very clear with a slight southwest wind. No other known object was in the area at that time. The record card notes the sighting occurred about 14 minutes after the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Albany released a pilot balloon. The conclusion is listed as possibly balloon.

Reported location

Albany, New York

Date of incident

October 1952

State / country

NY / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 15

Original case file scans

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5 { - PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
h ! RARE RR I La RLF RAEN CLLR NUPEOSCINERUTEI DUI. FN LJ
\. DATE : 2. LOCATION r 12. CONCLUSIONS | |
L ‘ bany 0 Wos Balloon |
Bsc oe - - J | a  — gx Possibly Belioon £
15. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION $x Possibly Balloon p
i 0 Was Aircraft
3 RIDIN cin iki is TR round- Visual O Ground-Rador 8 Probl 5 Rivera i
I in Air-Visval 3 DO Air-Intercept Rodor O Possibly Aircraft 1
Is PHOTOS §. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical :
CT Yes civilian woman DO Probably Astronomical 1
: 2 No O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |’ 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other 4
O Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
30 seconds | N E Unknown
“10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING B COMMENTS fi.
’ Circular shaped. Circled once. Li minutes after USDA, Albany, li.Y. :
i released a piball. )
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28950260