Great Neck, New YorkDecember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On December 2, 1957, at 3:30 a.m., a civilian witness in Great Neck, New York, reported seeing one round object larger than a basketball with no vapor trail. The object had spines sticking out and moved in a circular pattern before going out of sight to the north. The sighting lasted 5 minutes and was observed from the ground under clear skies. The witness was a 15-year-old. No photographs were received. The Air Force noted insufficient data for evaluation, citing probable publication publicity regarding Sputnik and lack of supporting evidence. The case was marked unidentified.

Reported location

Great Neck, New York

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
2 December 1957

2. LOCATION
Great Neck, New York

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local _______________
GMT 03/0300Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [checked]
Air-Visual [unchecked]
Ground-Radar [unchecked]
Air-Intercept Radar [unchecked]

5. PHOTOS
Eyes Not rec'd
No [unchecked]

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
N to S

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon [unchecked]
Probably Balloon [unchecked]
Possibly Balloon [unchecked]
Was Aircraft [unchecked]
Probably Aircraft [unchecked]
Possibly Aircraft [unchecked]
Was Astronomical [unchecked]
Probably Astronomical [unchecked]
Possibly Astronomical [unchecked]
Other [unchecked]
Insufficient Data for Evaluation [checked]
Unknown [unchecked]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One object round, bigger than basketball, no vapor trail. Object had spines sticking out - moved in circle want out of sight to North.

11. COMMENTS
Photos not received. Probably over imagination due to Sputnik publicity. No evaluation without photos. Insufficient Data.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975618