Laguardia AP, New YorkMay 1955

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Summary

On May 20, 1955, a civilian near Laguardia Airport, New York saw a single object at dusk. The observer used binoculars. The report was described as very scant.

The object was round and white. It was seen to move toward the east and then return.

The Air Force noted the sighting was near both Laguardia and Idlewild airports and happened near sunset. Because of this, the object was evaluated as probably an aircraft landing at one of those airports. The course of the object seemed to support this. No investigation was authorized. There was no report in the file.

Reported location

Laguardia AP, New York

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

NY / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 20 1955 hbcprigg 0 Wos hi
20 May |) Laguardia AP, New York 0 Probably Balloon
| 's. DATETIME GROUP A TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
bg * 0 Was Aircraft
local Ab em ds SRT xX Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground Radar nx Probably Aircraft
: GMT 21/ 03007 0 Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft ;
"5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
. SNe civilian DO Possibly Astrornomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0, Other—— ——————————
0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
0 Unknown
| unknQw one FE then retuvr :
; 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| One round, white object was observed | Due to fact that sighting was
: to move toward the East and then in the vicinity of Laguardia and
return, Observer used binoculars. Idlewild airports, and the
Time of day was dusk. Report very sighting was near sunset, the
: scant. object is evaluated as probable
aircraft landing at one of above
: mentioned airports. The course of
the object seems to substantiate
No Report In File. this. No investigation authorized|.
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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