New York, N. Y., October 1958October 1958

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Summary

On October 17, 1958, at about 11:35 p.m., a civilian in New York City reported a round object in the sky. He telephoned an investigating office the next day to describe what he saw.

The object was round, as large as the head of a pin, and blood red in color. It was about 500 feet above the ground. It appeared to be on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. It stayed in sight for a few minutes. The weather was overcast but visibility was good.

The witness had no additional information to offer, and no further investigation was conducted. The Air Force record notes the information was very limited but suggested the object could have been a light on some tall structure. This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

New York, N. Y., October 1958

Date of incident

October 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

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ee ; : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
: 1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS : x - 8
g S50 Re % . O Was Balloon ?
£ 17 Cctobar 1538 New York Nii Nos O Probably Balloon :
3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION BD Boxisbhy Gafloon -
013 5 : O Was Aircraf 3
: Lode =r :8;Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft 3
E aut. 1S/04838%7 a Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft : 3
5 5. PROTOS “| 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical i
3 a Yes’ . O Probably Astronomical t
: XH No Civilian _|D Possibly Astronomical i
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Ber ee |
: {Ct Insufficient Data for Evaluation i -
: 3 £23 7 ; DO Unknown . =
Uo nianuies one : ! §
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS Ea 4
Round obj, as large as the head of Very limited info, However, could :
a pin & blood red in color. Obj was |be’'light on some high structure. :
about 5C0ft above the ground & 3
: appeared to be on the New Jersey : : |
side of the Hudson river, |
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