Livingston Manor, N. Y., August 1957August 1957

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Summary

On August 7, 1957, three civilians reported seeing one round object about the size of a basketball with transparent color near Livingston Manor, New York. The sighting lasted one hour. The object was first spotted by a second and third party who looked up. The second party observed it at 25,000 to 39,000 feet, while the third party saw it at 12,000 to 15,000 feet. The first party saw it for one hour and reported it remained in sight. The object moved from north to south in a circling motion. The observation was made visually using binoculars by the second and third parties. Reporting officers and one observer believed the object to be a weather balloon.

Reported location

Livingston Manor, N. Y., August 1957

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
   7 August 1957                    Livingston Manor, N.Y.          [] Was Balloon
                                                                      [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP               4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION           [] Possibly Balloon
   Local ______                     [] Ground-Visual    [] Ground-Radar
   GMT 07/1645, 1955, 2200Z         [] Air-Visual       [] Air-Intercept Radar    [] Was Aircraft
                                                                      [] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                        6. SOURCE                        [] Possibly Aircraft
   [] Yes                           Three Civilians                 [] Was Astronomical
   [X] No                                                           [] Probably Astronomical
                                                                      [] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION         8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE
   1 hr. 8 min. still in sight      one                [] Other
                                                        [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING    11. COMMENTS
    One object round, size of basketball,  Reporting officer & one observer
    color transparent.                      believed object to be WX balloon.

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