Newburgh, New YorkDecember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On December 5, 1957, a civilian near Newburgh, New York reported one round orange and yellow object about the size of a pea. The object appeared to be sitting still. It stayed in view for about 20 minutes. The Air Force recorded the case under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card notes that the description and duration pointed to the probability of a balloon.

Reported location

Newburgh, New York

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 x ) 0 Was Balloon
BB 5 December 1957 Newburgh, New York Bx Probably Balloon
I |. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon |
i OQ Wos Aircraft |
| CY HEE A RE Rl RAT R:Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
oMT....06/00207 0 AirVisvol O Air-Intercept Radar |O Po ssibly Aircraft
: 3. PHOTOS o 0 Was Astronomical
1 O Yes O Probably Astronomical
XX Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
SERRE YL AC ORIN) Abc Xd ad RNA CTA CART SU TRSI
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOURNE he sR al Lane i
D hautizeignt Dota for Evaluation
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
One round orange and yellow object Description, duration, fl ight
the size of a pea, Object was seen path indicate probability of
stationary and was in sigzht for 20 balloon,
minutes. ~
No report in file,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975751