Buffalo, New YorkJuly 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On July 6, 1957, a civilian in Buffalo, New York reported a sighting that lasted about thirty seconds or less.

The witness saw one yellow or orange object about the size of a basketball held at arm's length. The object moved from northwest to southeast.

The source later returned a form saying he thought it was a balloon, but the Air Force noted the speed was too fast for a balloon. The record (Project 10073, the Air Force's official file for unidentified flying object reports) lists the case as insufficient data, with a possible meteor or aircraft cause. No separate report was on file.

Reported location

Buffalo, New York

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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2 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1 ;
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
- 0 Wos Bolloon
: b Jitl vi 1957 Buffalo, New York O Probably Balloon
= 10 Possibly Balloon
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION -
E a . O Wos Aircraft
3 ET EER 0 RR ER +380 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rador O Probably Alrerch
fi NE SOND NIN i
guy Bo /Uaabs oo O Air-Visuoi 0 Air-intercept Rodar O Possibly Aircraft
E 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
ft 0 Yes a O Probobly Asironomicol
ot “O'Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OOhrs
a 0 insufficient Date for Evaluation
3 thirty seconds or less one NW to SE 8 Unknown
BB REE re rn CR [Veiled SUA Tr St Mca © FS ELVA (AI
~ [10 BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 One vellow or orange object the size An ATIC form 164 was sent to
| of 8 basketball at arm's leagth, source and returned with the
: | Object was seen visually moving fm comment that he thought it was
3 N¥ to SE in thirty seconds, a balloon. Speed too fast for
EB | balloon. Possible meteor or a/c. :
| Insufficient data for analysis. :
| 4 |
3 { & : =
| NO report on file.
SA ' %
| |
Po ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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