Brooklyn, New YorkOctober 1956

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Summary

On October 1, 1956, a civilian in Brooklyn, New York reported one round, white object about the size of the head of a pin held at arm's length. The object came from the southwest, hovered for about two minutes, and then disappeared over the northwestern horizon. It moved from southwest to northwest.

The object was watched with the eye for about three to five minutes. The Air Force said the description, duration, and manner of disappearance indicated the sighting was probably caused by an aircraft.

Reported location

Brooklyn, New York

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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x PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
Eat 0 Woes Balloon
1 October 10050 Brooklyn, New York 0 Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION RY Ty me. |
4 0 Was Aircraft
Loco! gx ———— LX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar C1 Probably, Aircraft
pa SRFVAGUS 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly’ Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OVYes 0 Probably Astronomical
«I No Civiiian O Possibly Astronomicol :
7. LENGTMN OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CB ERE RRS—
0 Insutficient Dota for Evaluation
: i 0 Unknown
three to five minutes one SW to NW : :
19. BRIEF SUMMARY CF SIGHTING : ; 1. COMMENTS :
One round white object, size of the Description, duration & manner
head of a pin at arm's length. Object | of disappearance indicate that
gang from southwest, havered for this sighting was probably caused
approximately two minutes and disappeafped by an aircraft,
over the NW horizon, Object was observ{
visually for three to five minutes.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967800