Albany, New YorkSeptember 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 20, 1956, a civilian observer in Albany, New York spotted one round white object about the size of a softball at arm's length. The object hovered and then moved southeast to east at high speed. Wind was reported at 23,000 feet at 250 degrees and 107 knots. The object was observed visually for ten minutes. Wind and hovering characteristics indicated strong probability of a balloon. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as possibly a balloon.

Reported location

Albany, New York

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
20 September 1956 | Albany, New York | [X] Probably Balloon
 | | [] Was Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | [] Possibly Balloon
Local___ | [X]Ground-Visual [] Ground-Radar | [] Was Aircraft
GMT: 21/0147Z | [] Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar | [] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | [] Possibly Aircraft
[] Yes | Civilian | [] Was Astronomical
[X] No | | [] Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | [] Possibly Astronomical
ten minutes | one | SE to E | [] Other___
 | | | [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS | [] Unknown
One round white object the size of a | Wind & hovering indicate
softball at arm's length. Object hovered | the strong probability of
and rose then moved SE to E at a high | a balloon. Evaluated as
rate of speed. Wind at 23,000 feet reported | possibly balloon.
at 250 dgr and 107 KPG velocity. Object |
was observed visually for ten minutes. |

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967620