Brooklyn, New YorkFebruary 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On February 23, 1957, an Army noncommissioned officer reported an object over Brooklyn, New York, at about 8:00 p.m. The account first reached a New York newspaper, then was passed to the Army and on to the Air Force. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The source called it a flying saucer.

The source said the object appeared over Brooklyn heading toward Idlewild Airport, circled the airport, then headed south. Its course ran east to northeast. No further detail was given.

The Air Force card noted that Idlewild is one of the world's busiest airports and that air traffic over Brooklyn is heavy. The card found it odd that none of the million people nearby reported the object, and that no reports of unusual objects came from the area at that time. The sighting was treated as a mistaken phenomenon.

Reported location

Brooklyn, New York

Date of incident

February 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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fos PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
4 I. DATE 2. LOCATION i 12. CONCLUSIONS
: O Was Balloon g
fF 1 .23 February 1957 : Brooklyn, New York a] Probably Balloon
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| |'s. OATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION EB aanily Helioon |
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: ; Lesa 2000. 0 AR Ground: Vi sual O Ground-Radar Ok sP robably. Aiveraft |
4 (1b A TA STS He DO Air Visual .0" Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
1 S. PHOTOS §. SOURCE } O Was Astronomical
Eek GO Yes. : O Probably Astronomical
: EX No: Armv NCO 0 Possibly Astronomical |
. 1? LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE als} 1 YER ETN CERO I, DEE
4 : O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation |
3 : 0 Unknown |
3 not given one E NE
: 0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
| "|Report received by New York Journal Inasmuch as Idlewild is one of |
Hdzrald from observer. Passed on to the world's busiest airports, bok:
y lsu. Army Thence to USAF. Source claims | and air traffic over Brooklyn |
; obiect appeared over Brooklyn heading is heavy, odd that not one of |
1 for Idlewild Airport. Circled airport a million people near these So
then headed south. Bescribed as®"flying | locations did not see this Obj.
| gSaucer.". : No reports of unusual objects
ERE from this area within that time.
i Mistaken phenomena, .
: No report on file,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969009