Long Island, New YorkOctober 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On October 9, 1957, at 12:04 a.m., a civilian in Brentwood, Long Island, New York reported seeing a star-like white object about the size of a pea. The witness heard a deep roaring sound from inside a garage accompanying the light. The object moved from west to southwest, approximately 90 degrees initially then 50 to 80 degrees, and was seen above the house. The sighting lasted 10 seconds. The object disappeared and possibly faded in brightness. Weather was clear. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as unidentified.

Reported location

Long Island, New York

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 9 October 1957
2. LOCATION: Long Island, New York
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: GMT 10/0045Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual
5. PHOTOS: Yes / No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 10 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: SW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Star-like object, size of pea, white. Deep roaring sound accompanied the light.
11. COMMENTS: Meteor sighting.
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes for evaluations including] Unidentified

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 55)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972067