Newark Valley, New YorkJuly 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 12, 1955, a civilian in Newark Valley, New York reported seeing one or two objects that appeared close together. The objects were round, clear plastic in color, and similar in shape. They remained stationary and still in sight at the time of the report. The Air Force received reports from this source and two other sources. Flight S-9 investigated the reliability of the witnesses. The Air Force concluded the sighting was a balloon, possibly an unusual double balloon that attracted two fighter aircraft.

Reported location

Newark Valley, New York

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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UFOB INDEX CARD                                    AISS=UFOB-215-55

1. DATE                    2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
   12 July 1955               Newark Valley, New York       [X] Was Balloon
                                                             [ ] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP         4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         [ ] Possibly Balloon
   Local _______________      [X] Ground-Visual            [ ] Was Aircraft
   GMT   12/2110Z July 1955   [ ] Ground-Radar             [ ] Probably Aircraft
                              [ ] Air-Visual               [ ] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                  6. SOURCE
   [ ] Yes                    Civilian (Identified by Mil.) [ ] Was Astronomical
   [X] No                                                   [ ] Probably Astronomical
                                                             [ ] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION   8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE
   Still in sight at time of rpt  One or two tog-  Stationary   [ ] Other:
                                                             [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING              11. COMMENTS    [ ] Unknown

    One or possibly two objects (close together
    if separate) appeared round, clear plastic     Balloon description. Interested by
    in color, and similar to early had in shape,   two Fighters and identified as an
    Stationary course and still in sight at time   unusual double balloon.
    of report.

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