Gravesville, New YorkMay 1954

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On May 1, 1954, a civilian in Gravesville, New York reported seeing one object for 10 seconds. The object was greenish yellow, moving at very high speed in a straight course. It vanished behind clouds. The witness observed it at 70 to 80 degrees elevation and noted the object looked funny. The sighting was a ground visual observation. Colgate University astronomer evaluated the report as a possible meteor. The Air Force conclusion was probably astronomical: meteor.

Reported location

Gravesville, New York

Date of incident

May 1954

State / country

NY / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

1. DATE-TIME GROUP
19/0800Z

2. LOCATION
Gravesville, New York

3. SOURCE
civilian

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 seconds

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
ground visual

7. COURSE
[blank]

8. PHOTOS
Yes
No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Yes
No

10. CONCLUSION PROBABLY ASTRONOMICAL; METEOR
Colgate U. Astronomer. Evaluated as possible meteor.

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Greenish yellow. Very high speed, straight course, vanished behind clouds. Noise. Looked "funny" observed at 70 - 80 degrees elevation.

FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

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