Henderson Harbor, New YorkSeptember 1956

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On September 3, 1956, observers at Henderson Harbor, New York reported a circular, sphere shaped object. It was red on the inside and green on the outside. The object was first seen at about 310 degrees azimuth and moved roughly due east in a straight line. It was watched both with the eye and through binoculars before it faded from sight after about 45 to 85 minutes.

After aircraft were scrambled, the pilot of one plane made visual contact with an object that seemed to be above and to the northwest of him. The pilot said it was most likely a star. Air Force officers noted the object did appear to move and finally disappeared. The card lists the witnesses as members of a radar squadron and a civilian student.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was possibly caused by a balloon, based on the wind direction, the course, and the way the object disappeared.

Reported location

Henderson Harbor, New York

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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ig ug PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD geil gs
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wos Balloon
3 September 19656 Henderson Harbor, New York |O Rib +4 ,
| "3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TT.
| locel — |  DGround-Visuel O Ground-Rador 18 pol gp MR
GMT 04 / 02482 : Bir Visvol O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOU O Wes Astronomicel
QO Yes | O Probably Astronomical
& No tviiia 1413 (w] hel Astronomical
h 0 TS | 9. COURSE CB SES —
A maid bh an boise | albinos: | 0 insuffi ciont Doto for Evaluation
: O Unknown
forty-five minutes ong CTT NTR UTE SSR SCRE Su v——
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
one circular sphere shaped object, red Wind direction, course & manner
on the inside & green on outside, of disappearance indicates that
Object initially sighted at approx sighting was possibly caused by
310 dgrs azimuth & move approximately | a balloon. Although scrambled
due east in a straight line, Object a/c JJA-1 obtained visual contact |
disappeared after 85 minutes by fad- w/the object & the pilot ‘imdicated ,
ing out of sight. Object was viewed that obj was most likely a star,
visually & through binoculars, It is believed that visual contact
was made w/some other object rathe
than originial object, Evaluated
as a possible balloon,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) SR EER Ap
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967388