New York State, August 1958August 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 3, 1958, a civilian in New York State reported observing four bright flashes of light at regular intervals of about one second apart. The initial observation occurred in the east, and the object crossed the sky to disappear in the west. The flight was described as very rapid. The reported object was compared in size to a green traffic light. The observation lasted 41 seconds and involved one object. On September 2, 1958, the Air Force responded that their records showed no other reports from that area for the time mentioned, but they recorded the report for use in their continuing study of aerial phenomena.

Reported location

New York State, August 1958

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
3 August 1958

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
[illegible]
GMT 04/0230Z

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
[X] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
41 seconds

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Four green flashes observed (of light at regular intervals about one second apart. Initial observation in East crossing sky to disappear in the West. Very rapid flight. Size of a green traffic light.

3. LOCATION
New York State

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual
[] Air-Visual
[] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
W-E

1B. CONCLUSIONS
[] Aircraft
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Insufficient data for analysis.

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