Mineola L.I., N.Y., November 1957November 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 4, 1957, a civilian in Mineola, Long Island, New York reported a sighting at 8:33 p.m. local time. The witness observed a large gray mass about the size of a baseball. The object was visible for five minutes. The observation was made by ground-visual means. One object was reported with no course information provided. The Air Force concluded the sighting was unknown due to insufficient information for evaluation.

Reported location

Mineola L.I., N.Y., November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
4 November 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local [illegible]
GMT 07 0133 Z

6. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5 minutes

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
1. Large gray mass, size of baseball.

2. LOCATION
Mineola L.I., N.Y.

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

5. SOURCE
[] Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
Not given

11. COMMENTS
Insufficient information for proper evaluation.
[illegible signature]
HULBRA

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

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973305