Long Island, New YorkSeptember 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 20, 1956, near Long Island, New York, a civilian witness reported seeing two white cigar-shaped objects about the size of a small cloud. The objects were seen visually and through low-power binoculars for one minute. They moved in a southeast direction and disappeared by fading away. The witness heard a faint noise during the sighting. The objects appeared to come out of a cloud behind the observer. The Air Force concluded the sighting was unidentified.

Reported location

Long Island, New York

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 20 September 1956
2. LOCATION: Long Island, New York
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local GMT 20/1917Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: XGround-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: Yes, No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: one minute
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: Two
9. COURSE: southeast
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Two white cigar shaped objects, size of a small cloud. Faint noise heard and faded during sighting. Objects were moving in a SE direction & disappeared by fading away. Objects seen visually and through low power binoculars for one minute.
11. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown
12. COMMENTS: Duration, shape, size, and sound of object indicate possibility of an a/c. Evaluated as possible a/c.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967608