Garden City, New YorkOctober 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On October 9, 1957, at about 2220 (Greenwich time) in Garden City, New York, a civilian housewife saw one oval bright silver object. It was about the size of a dime held at arm's length. The object moved straight up and was in sight for three to four minutes before it faded from sight. The Air Force record card for Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports, lists the conclusion as probably balloon. The card says the description, duration, and flight path indicate the sighting was probably caused by a balloon that had just been released.

Reported location

Garden City, New York

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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| 4 ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
BB | 1 oate 3 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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| O Wos Balloon
. 9 October 1957 Garden Cit New York GI XProbebly Bolleon
Bl [3 oate-TINE GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION WFR SI. |
O Was Aircraft
| BL — XXX Ground-Visvol DO Ground-Redor O Probably Aircraft
EB omy 09/22207Z 0 Air Visvel D Air-Intercop? Rodor O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS ) SOURCE O Was Astronomical |
O Yes O Probobly Astronemicel
2 Mo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OP.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE J TRIS RAT TR
- oe ein Dete for Evoaluotion
2 nown
three to four minutes one straight up 4
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS
One oval bright silver object the Description, duration, flight
size of a dime at arm's length. Obj path indicate that this sighting
was seen moving straight up and was was probably caused by a balloon
in sight for from three to four just released, |
minutes.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972054