New York, N.Y., August 1954August 1954

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Summary

On August 22, 1954, in New York, New York, military observers reported a sighting. A tear-drop shaped object remained stationary at 20,000 feet. Two additional shiny objects moved eastward, observed for 30 seconds. The sighting lasted 10 minutes total. Three objects were reported. The source was military. The comments note balloon observations. The Air Force conclusion options included was balloon, probably balloon, or possibly balloon.

Reported location

New York, N.Y., August 1954

Date of incident

August 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
22 August 1954

2. LOCATION
New York, N.Y.

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

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___
GMT 22/2201Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual Ground-Radar
Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
3

9. COURSE
NB

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Tear drop shape, stationary at 20,000. Other two shiny moving East (2nd obs 30 Sec)

11. COMMENTS
Balloon observations.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)

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