East Meadow, Long Island NY, September 1958September 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 18, 1958, a civilian in East Meadow, Long Island, New York observed an unusual object at night. The object was more than round, one foot to eighteen inches long, very high, very bright silver, and white vapor surrounding it like steam. It disappeared and reappeared six times. The observation lasted five minutes. The witness was at home when the object was sighted. Weather conditions included haze at 5,600 feet with broken visibility. The Air Force concluded the sighting was unidentified and marked it with insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

East Meadow, Long Island NY, September 1958

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
18 September 1958 | East Meadow, Long Island, NY | [X] Was Balloon
 | | [ ] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | [ ] Possibly Balloon
Local [illegible] | [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar | [ ] Was Aircraft
0u/200232 | [ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar | [ ] Probably Aircraft
 | | [ ] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | [ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Yes | Civilian | [ ] Probably Astronomical
[X] No | | [ ] Possibly Astronomical
 | | [X] Other
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
5 mins | One | UP/DOWN | [ ] Unidentified

10. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS
Object more long than round, 1' to | WX conditions given as night hazy;
18 inches long, very high, very | ceiling 5600; broken; visibility
bright silver, white vapor surrounding | 1 mi in ground fog. WX conditions
like steam. Disappeared and reappeared | woul account for the vapor like
six times. | condition surrounding the lite.
 | It disappeared & reappeared 6
 | times. Probable cause of sight-
 | ing: ground light reflection from
 | the haze layer.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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