New York City, New YorkCirca 1956

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Summary

In February 1956, a woman in New York City, New York, saw a strange object at about 3:00 a.m. The report was sent to the Air Force about two years after the event. The observer was a civilian who had lived in the city for many years.

While walking home through the Greenwich Village area, she saw a small cone shaped object moving at great speed in an open space between two apartment buildings. It seemed headed directly into the wall of one building. The head of the cone held a brilliant blue white light. The tail had what looked like fins, and the object gave off a soft glow. Despite the bright light, there was no reflection on the buildings, and there was no sound. The object suddenly vanished where it should have hit the wall, leaving instant blackness. The sighting was brief.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force noted the report came two years after the event and that the object resembled a meteor. The conclusion was that it was probably a meteor, possibly at a great distance rather than between the buildings.

Reported location

New York City, New York

Date of incident

Circa 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

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| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION él 2 Sossily do N
Local PEC RET YEON XX Ground- Yi sual 0 Ground-Radar . B Probably Aiaf =e 3 2
GMT feb/0800Z : 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rhdap es GPossibly Ai révaf pool 4
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 2X Has Astronom c Meteor— |
| O Yes BI ZProbobly Asffongmical ~ i
No Civilian a FD “Possibly Astrongmical { i
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION - NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O, Other Es
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| 0 Unknown i
brief one | __not reported ; = |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS ;
Cone shaped object traveling at great | Report sent in two years afer |
speed observed to pass between two incident, Object resembles meteo {
| buildings in residential area. Assumed sighting. No sound or light refl
heading directly into wall of one of ection indicates that object
; the buildings. Head of cone consisted | possibly at great distance from
of brilliant blue white light. Tail observer rather than between the
had what appeared to be fins, Soft buildings as she assumed, Dura-
| glow from object. No reflection on tion and description with the
buildings. No sound, After light was exception of fins conform with
gone area was black 3gaiz, and disa- bhis assumption, Brief duration |
ppearance was as 1 ght” had been agrees with this analysis. Obj |
turned off, probably meteor, |
i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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