Inwood Long Island, New YorkNovember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On November 7, 1957, a civilian witnessed a round, disc-shaped object in Inwood, Long Island, New York. The object appeared to be about the size of a quarter and resembled a light bulb with trailing smoke. The sighting lasted two to three minutes. The object faded out during the observation. The witness was looking at the sky at the time. Weather conditions included thin broken cirrus clouds and smoke in the area. A senior controller noted the object was probably an aircraft sighted through smoke in the area. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as unidentified.

Reported location

Inwood Long Island, New York

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 7 November 1957
2. LOCATION: Inwood Long Island, New York
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: GMT 08/0002Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Viewed
5. PHOTOS: Yes [checkbox marked]
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2-3 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Round object, disc shaped, size of a quarter, appearance of a light bulb, trailing smoke. Object faded out.
11. COMMENTS: The object was probably an a/c sighted through the smoke that was in the area.
12. CONCLUSIONS: [Checkbox marked] Unidentified

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974169