Middle Village, N.Y., October 1961October 1961

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On October 10, 1961, a civilian in Middle Village, New York, reported an object at about 11:15 p.m. local time. The witness was at Metropolitan Avenue and Elliot Avenue in Queens, facing east. The object looked at first like a star but moved very fast. A few sparks then formed a short, straight tail. It had a light blue or light bulb color. The trajectory was almost flat, moving from north to south at about 30 degrees elevation. The witness said it looked like a shooting star or a rocket burning out. The size and distance were unknown. The Air Force replied on October 23, 1961, and sent a questionnaire for more details. The record card lists the conclusion as a meteor, since the available information pointed to that.

Reported location

Middle Village, N.Y., October 1961

Date of incident

October 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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1 y PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :

i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

E HCE Ms 3a] t11a0 2 0 Was Balloon

10 Oct 61 Mjddle Vi}lage, N.Y. O Probably Bollosn

1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. Possibly Belloon

E 1115 PM © i 0 Was Aircraft

1 Local om Sed tX.Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Aircraft

: GMT 11/0L157 0 Air Visuol D Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft

4 5. PHOTOS - SOURCE AB Was Astronomicol M ET 22

2 0 Yes DO Probably Astronomicel

4 Ke Civilian 0D Possibly Astronomical

; 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ER 215] 3 POT Sh 0 IL Ero SHR

i 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation

3 1 "a 0 Unknown

; 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Shooting star burning 11. COMMENTS Duration not included. Additicnil
ie out. Looking E fm N.Y. Flat trajectory. Objt info requested and not asnwered. Czse

E moving fm I to S at 30° elev. Size, distance, considered as Meteor sighting since anotjer
i unknown, Lide Uth of July rocket. Initially info indicates this conclusion.

3 locked like star but moved fast and then sparks

1 formed tall, Light blue color.

3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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