Canastota, New YorkNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 1, 1957, a civilian in Canastota, New York reported a ground-visual sighting at 12:30 a.m. One object described as a flying saucer was observed moving up and down, right and left. The duration of the sighting was unknown. The object's course went up and down, right to left. The Air Force evaluation indicated the sighting was probably a balloon based on the description and flight path. No additional report was filed.

Reported location

Canastota, New York

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
   1 November 1957               Canastota, New York            [ ] Was Balloon
                                                                [X] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         [ ] Possibly Balloon
   Local ___                     [X] Ground-Visual              [ ] Was Aircraft
   GMT 1220Z                     [ ] Air-Visual                 [ ] Probably Aircraft
                                 [ ] Ground-Radar               [ ] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                       [ ] Air-Radar
   [ ] Yes                       [ ] Air-to-Ground              [ ] Was Astronomical
   [X] No                                                       [ ] Probably Astronomical
                                 6. SOURCE                      [ ] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        Civilian                        [ ] Other
   Unknown                                                      [ ] Insufficient Date for Evaluation
                                 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS           [X] Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING   9. COURSE
    One object, described as    up & down,
    flying saucer, seen moving  right to left.
    up and down, right and
    left.                        11. COMMENTS
                                 Description & flight path indi-
                                 cate probability of balloon.

                                 No report in file.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974808