Buffalo, NYNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 1, 1957, in Buffalo, New York, a civilian observer reported seeing one pear-shaped metallic object stationary in the sky for five minutes. The sighting was observed with the naked eye during the evening. The Air Force received the report and noted that the reporting officer believed the sighting was the planet Venus. A local fighter pilot also saw a star and believed that was what the observer had seen. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably the planet Venus.

Reported location

Buffalo, NY

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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UFOB INDEX CARD AISS-UFOB-467-57

1. DATE
06/23/52 Nov 57

2. LOCATION
Buffalo, NY

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
06/2352 Nov 57

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Five minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
Hovering

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One pear shaped object metallic in color seen in the SW stationary for 5 minutes.

11. COMMENTS
Concur with Reporting Officer that this sighting was Venus.

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

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973685