NEW YORK, NEW YORKMarch 1955

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Summary

In early March 1955, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard area in New York, a housewife and two marines reported an object near the George Washington Bridge. It appeared as a white flickering light, about the size of a baseball held at arm's length. Its speed was estimated at about 170 miles per hour.

An investigation by a detachment found that the light was possibly searchlight activity. A pilot flying over the area noted searchlight activity at the time of the sighting.

The Air Force listed the object as possibly spotlight or searchlight activity. The case is recorded under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Date of incident

March 1955

State / country

NY / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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4 RR 12 LOCATION SC TRGONCCURIONY
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i 1 nd AY 73 fhe NE bg) KA |o Was Balloon

; wirMarch 1955 Erooklyn llavy Yard, lew York 0 Probably Balloon

i BATE TIL GREET TATYVRE OF GASEAVATION EARLY San

Be ars) i R38 ; 0 Was Aircraft

i HHT la Cf Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft

Ear OL/WRYSZ March 1955 DO Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | DO Possibly Aircroft

E 5. PHOTOS 5 (ra 6. SOURCE I FE EE ds 0 Was Astronomical

H 0 Yas 10 Probably Astronomical

4 O Possibly A mical

| Rae H No HE | Civilian and Military ol | ossibly Astronomica

5 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BR OtheSsarehlight Ate,
id O Insufficient Dota tor Evalliation
i p O Unknown

E DEERE TE LN aden (One (MN) Jesveldy 0.0
& 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
4 A housewiia and two marines observed an object This UFOB was identifiad a3 possibly
: naar the Ceorge Washington Dridge. The object spotlight activity by an investigation
: appeared to be a white flickering light, abou} by Detachment 3. An AT pilot flying
: the size of a baservall held at arms length. over the arsa noted ssarahlight actlvit;
. rj i gpeed of one hundred and seventy at the time of sighting.
: miles/hour,

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