Long Island, New YorkAugust 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 3, 1956, a civilian on Long Island, New York reported seeing one star-like object with white color traveling east. The object wavered in flight, then continued on a straight flight path. The sighting lasted forty-five seconds. The witness said the object seemed to fade out faster than it should have. A reporting officer concurred that the sighting was possibly aircraft. The Air Force evaluation was unknown.

Reported location

Long Island, New York

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
3 August 1956

2. LOCATION
Long Island, New York

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
Local
GMT04/0300Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[Checkboxes] Ground-Visual, Air-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
forty five seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
easterly

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One star-like object with white color of a star. Traveling east, wavered in flight, then continued on a straight flight path. Seen for forty-five seconds and seemed 'to fade out faster than it should have.'

12. CONCLUSIONS
[Checkboxes] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Concur with reporting officer that this sighting was possibly aircraft.

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