New York, November 1957November 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 6, 1957, multiple witnesses across the northeastern United States reported an unusual aurora display featuring red glows. The sightings occurred on the night of November 6 and Thursday morning. Witnesses at locations including Belleville, Michigan; Mecca, Indiana; Emerson, Indiana; Grangeburg, New Jersey; Walden, New York; Marietta, Georgia; Durham, North Carolina; Bronx, New York; and other locations reported seeing the phenomenon for durations ranging from 1 to 30 minutes. The Air Force investigation examined these reports. The case summary notes that notables including George Todt, editorial writer and columnist for the San Fernando Valley Dispatch, and Arthur Edson, Associated Press reporter in Washington, commented on the phenomenon. The report states this seems to be all-purposes lane recording about no evidence of saucers, etc. The conclusion listed as unknown.

Reported location

New York, November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 6 November 1957

2. LOCATION: New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Indiana

3. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual [illegible] Air-Visual [illegible] Ground-Radar [illegible] Air-Intercept Radar

4. SOURCE: [illegible]

5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: [illegible]

6. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: See below

7. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes] Was Balloon [illegible] Probably Balloon [illegible] Was Aircraft [illegible] Probably Aircraft [illegible] Was Astronomical Aurora [illegible] Probably Astronomical [illegible] Insufficient Data for Evaluation [illegible] Unknown

8. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: See below

11. COMMENTS: AURORA

1) 06/1110Z Belleville, Michigan *1 in sight in one #3 stationary
2) 06/2145Z Mecca, Indiana *not given *2 one *3 West
3) 06/2305Z Emerson, Indiana
4) *1 10 mins *2 one *3 stationary
5) 06/2326Z Grangeburg, New Jersey *1 30 mins *2 one *3 SSE
6) 07/0113Z Walden, New York *1 9 mins *2 one *3 ESE
7) 07/0130Z Marietta, Georgia *1 1 min *2 one *3 SSE

7) 07/0133Z Mineola Long Island NY *1 5 mins *2 one *3 not given
8) 07/0140Z N. Atlantic Ocean *1 not given *2 two *3 N in E-W direction
9) 07/0140Z Monmouth Beach, N.J. *1 1 1/2 hr *2 n/a *3 n/a
10) 07/0140Z Roslyn ARS, New York *1 5 mins *2 two *3 not given
11) 07/0145Z Durham, North Carolina *1 3 mins *2 two *3 stationary
12) 07/0145Z Red Durham, N.C. *1 3 mins *2 two *3 SE

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973289