New York, New YorkOctober 1956

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Summary

In October 1956, a civilian witness in New York City reported seeing two small, white or silver disc shaped objects flying together in the sky. Each object had what the witness described as a globe extending from the middle of the disc to its edge. The objects moved slowly southward at first, then turned and climbed slowly out of sight. The sighting lasted ten to twenty minutes and was observed from the ground.

The District Office of Special Investigations in New York received the witness's account and a sketch. The case file indicates that investigators considered the sighting might have been caused by an aircraft, based on the description and flight path of the objects. However, the Air Force's formal evaluation of the sighting was listed as unknown.

The full case file, consisting of 7 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

New York, New York

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

7 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 7

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
I. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Balloon
1 October 1954 New York, New York 0 Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
 ¥ ¥ 0 Wos Aircraft
Local i ———— 8 Ground-Vi sual O Graund-Rader Q Probably Airerofs
GMT__01/211 2 O Air Visual o Air-Intercept Rador | Tk Possibly Aircraft
iy ee SOURCE ——————-N1ercept Radar
3. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OYes 00 Probably Astronomical
2ENe sketoh Civilian 0 Possibly Astranomical
Te titties rns. AE tt — TY BORE | Breese ecto
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D LL TEER
0  Insufficiont Dave for Evaluation
Gh 0 Unknown
ten to twenty seconds Lwo 9 then SE
o. Bais san sd SOCODdS | ty LOIN —
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : : 1. COMMENTS
Two small whi te to silver objects ’ Uescription and flight path indi-
disc shaped with globe in middle of cate sigh Ling was POSsibly causod
disc and globe extend; ng from the middi © by an ga ifcratt,
of the disc to the edge, Objects flew
close together moving South slowly,
then turned sn and climbed slowly out df
Sight, Ohjects were seen visually for
ten to twenty miaonds,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 32P 53)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967792