Kingston, PennsylvaniaAugust 1957

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On August 22, 1957, around dusk at 2330 (Greenwich time) in Kingston, Pennsylvania, civilian witnesses in one family saw two circular objects. The first was about twice the size of a basketball. The second was about twice the size of a grapefruit. The first was white and the second was orange. The two moved on parallel paths to the west. The sighting lasted about 1 hour and 15 minutes. The objects disappeared over the horizon. The sky was clear with very good visibility. About 15 minutes after they faded, a commercial aircraft was seen. The Air Force record card lists the conclusion as astronomical, naming Venus and Jupiter.

Reported location

Kingston, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

PA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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; 0 ga PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
"| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
: 22 August 1957 Kingston, Pennsylvania: a Goal gale |
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SL RORSUY, Saroon.
: ; OQ Wos Aircraft
oy (PER RE ee aN X@ Ground-Visuol D Ground-Radar O Probably Aireroft
GMT 22/23307Z (Dusk) 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft Venus
1 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE BX Was Astronomical Jupiter
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
E XC No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE neo] | [fe Ra Ce
z o hbitri Doto for Evaluation
: ) [sn] nknown
1 hr 15 minutes two westerly 2
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Two objects, circular, lst was twice Venus & Jupiter,
: as larg as basketball, 2nd twice size
of grapefruit, color lst white, 8nd
| orange, obj disappeared over horizon,
|
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971353