Elmira, New YorkJuly 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On July 11, 1957, around dawn into day, a civilian county civil defense director in Elmira, New York reported a sighting. The observation lasted about one hour and thirty minutes and was made with the naked eye and binoculars. The sky was clear.

The witness saw one circular object about the size of a pea held at arm's length. It was white. At first it appeared motionless, then it moved very slowly north and then east. The object was not watched continually.

The report notes winds were to the east and southeast. The Air Force record (Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports) lists the case as a balloon, stating the description and flight conform to balloon analysis.

Reported location

Elmira, New York

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
fF 1. DATE : ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 0 Was Balloon

1 11 July 1957 Elmira New York n] Probably Bolloon
; 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION MAEotsiby Dates
3 % LV i 0 Wos Aircraft
1 Cr ea IX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
E Bur AL XEO0E 0 DO Air Visual 0 Air-Iintercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
3 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
9 O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
a Ne Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOM a a
4 O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
E ey a : 5 a 3 0 Unknown
3 i hour 30 minutes one N then E
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
E One object, circular, size of pea, Winds to EX and SE. Dexmcription
E color white, First appeared motion- and flight confirm to balloon
3 less, then moved slowly north and analysis,
4 east, Object was not watched contin-
E ually.

FE ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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