Buffalo, N. Y., December 1951December 1951

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On December 10, 1951, near Buffalo, New York, a military witness reported a large, brilliant object in the sky. It was described as bright like the light of a welder's torch and globular in shape, with an estimated diameter of about 400 feet. The center was brighter than the edge, with a blue-white brilliance and a white outer edge.

A fiery, tapered cone appeared to trail the object, with a pulsating red-orange exhaust. The trail looked to be about half a mile long. The object's speed was estimated at about 240 knots, at an altitude of 2,000 to 4,000 feet, and it moved toward the north. The Air Force evaluated the case as astronomical, a meteor.

Reported location

Buffalo, N. Y., December 1951

Date of incident

December 1951

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE \ 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i |
5 0D Was Bolloon
| 10 Dec 1951 Buffalo, N,Y,. 0 Probobly Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP A. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Footy Semen |
18208 2 0 Was Alicroft
Local TR 13 Ground: Visual O Ground-Rodor Q Probably Aircraft
a 0 Air Visvol 0 Air-Intereapt Redar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE tl Wos Astronomico! 17001000
0 Yes OD Probably Astronomicol
B No Military ; OD Possibly Astronomical :
7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RE ER S——
 §, 8 enn Deto for Evaluation
PEER seconds 1 S to N Em
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS
large white brilliant object like light of Astro (leteor)
welders torch. Globular in shape « 400 fi
diameter, Center brighter than edge, Had blue-
JAaite brilliance and outer edge was white,
Fiery taper cone appeared to trail object with
pulsating red-orenge exhaust, Trail of appear
to be + mi in length, Speed estimnbed 240Knobs
Alti was 2 to 4000 ft, Blight to North,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
& Hag % = 7 VR 1A Vi od 4

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