Between Portugal & Morocco, April 1959April 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 1, 1959, near Patroon and Norwood in New York, a civilian reported observing a fiery ball traveling south to north on a curved track. The object was very large. The observation lasted about four seconds. The object moved on a ship's course of 270 degrees at a speed of 11.12 knots. A teletype message indicates the report was logged on April 22, 1959, but noted that Discovery Two was still in orbit after April 22. The Air Force evaluation was unknown.

Reported location

Between Portugal & Morocco, April 1959

Date of incident

April 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 1003 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
20 April 59

2. LOCATION
Patroon, Norwood & Norwood

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local _______________

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Checked: Ground-Visual, Air-Visual

5. PHOTOS
Yes / No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1) 4 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
North

12. CONCLUSIONS
Checked: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Fiery ball traveling South to North on a curved track. Very large.

11. COMMENTS
Information limited in nature. However, description is typical of a balloon.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983087