Buffalo, New YorkNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 1, 1957, at 8:22 p.m., a civilian reported sighting a circular object approximately the size of a B-25 aircraft moving southwest in the sky above Buffalo, New York. The observation lasted about 25 minutes. Pilots were scrambled but did not locate the object. The Air Force initially marked the sighting as unidentified but later determined the object was the planet Venus. A newspaper article titled 'Light in Their Eyes: Caused by Venus' explained that the Air Force had sent a jet interceptor to investigate and concluded the reported sighting was caused by Venus. Similar reports came from the Boston area on the same evening.

Reported location

Buffalo, New York

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
8 NOVEMBER 1957

2. DATE-TIME GROUP
[illegible]
GMT 08/2302Z

3. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
25 MINUTES

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Four sightings, size of B-25, four sightings in SW direction, nocturnal.

2. LOCATION
Buffalo, New York

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar
Ground-Radar

5. SOURCE
Civilian

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

8. COURSE
SW

9. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Four sightings, size of B-25, four sightings in SW direction, nocturnal.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
Venus

11. COMMENTS
Fighterscrambled, but did not sight object. An astro pilot and night pilot feel certain charts should be in exact location reported.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973681