New York, NYSeptember 1958

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Summary

On September 28, 1958, at dusk near New York, NY, a red and blue-white object was sighted traveling west. The object broke into three parts and disappeared instantly. The observation lasted three seconds. Both civilian and military sources reported the sighting. The description is characteristic of a meteor. Airport traffic control at Idlewild reported an object eight hundred to one thousand feet altitude traveling west instantaneously. A TWA flight crew saw a bright light and thought it was a meteor. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably a balloon.

Reported location

New York, NY

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 28 September 1958
2. LOCATION: New York, NY
12. CONCLUSIONS:
[X] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 28/2328Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION:
[X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[X] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [ ] Yes [X] No

6. SOURCE: Civilian & Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 3 SOCS

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

9. COURSE: West

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Red, blue-white obj, broke into three parts, traveling West & disappeared instantaneously.

11. COMMENTS:
Description is characteristic of a meteor.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

232 9 Z 28 Sep
Multi ATIC
298050 19 11
NNNNZCZCSGPD4GCZCSCC683ZCSJA0883
PP RJEDSQ
DE RJEDSJ 34
P 2917822
FM COMDR 2500TH ABG
TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC
RJEDSQ/COMDR ATIC
RJEYNH/COMDR 26 AIR DIV
RJEZHQ/HQ USAF
INFO RJEDDN/COMDR 1006 AISS
BT
UNCLASSIFIED FROM [illegible] FOR ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF

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