New York, New YorkSeptember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On either September 24 or 25, 1957, at about 5:00 a.m. in New York, New York, a civilian saw a bright yellow ball of light. It was as large as the witness's fist. The light moved from west to the northeast across the sky, then dipped. The witness first took it for a shooting star and later wondered if it had been a satellite. The report came to the Air Force through letters, including one to a defense office. The Air Force record card for Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports, lists the conclusion as astronomical, naming a meteor.

Reported location

New York, New York

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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fr HRA IN er perm iis ¢ RET TR ET—— BSH bs : :
: : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;
I. DATE ig 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: ODO Was Bolloon
24 @ ) £ sptembe . Ne rk - rk DO Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 25 TY Seen |
O Woes Aireroft
NOI iim —— x Ground- Visual | DO Ground-Roder O Probobly Aireraft |
oM724-25/1000Z 0 AirVisuol O Air-Intercopt Rodor |O Possibly Aireroft
5. PHOTOS JOU XX XWas Astronemicol Meteor
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical |
%x No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CEE RE
0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation :
: D Unknown :
not rptd one NE NRE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Light as large as fist moved from Evaluated as a meteor sighting.
West to NE. Bright yellow ball of |
light. Looked like shooting star.
Thought possibly satellite, :
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971799