Newburgh, Unionville, N.Y., October 1956October 1956

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Summary

On October 13, 1956, civilians at Newburgh and Unionville, New York reported sightings on the same night, at about 10:15 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. local time. They described one circular, white object with a red light that moved up and down. The object was watched for more than an hour and was still in sight at the end.

According to the reporting officer, a considerable number of balloons had been launched in the area at the time of the report. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably caused by a balloon.

Reported location

Newburgh, Unionville, N.Y., October 1956

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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Lira PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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; Rg 4 b LE : : ODO Wes Bolloon |
13 October 19856 Newburgh, Unionville, N,Y. 3X Probobly Bolloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 2. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Bellon
0 LV: - O Was Aircraft
Local RS 8 Ground Vi svol o Ground Radar Q Probably Aircrof?
GMT 13/2215 & 22307 0 Air Visuel O Air-Intercept Rodor O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
- 0: No Civilian . O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BT eich niin ie,
= . 2 y ~ (@) [H i "
one hour ,43 minutes Bionviiie BIE Bar TW eweanen
Still in sight one | Newburgh up 8 down &
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
. »; ’ : F aes J 2% 3 . . .
1) One circular white (w/red pight) According to rpting officer there
object, the size of the head of a pin have been a considerable numbor
’ ey ve bos ¢ oe “1 - Trey on y or or 9 g . - at o TY . po.
** BER 3 SHER ayes t was moving up of balloons launched in the area
“4 oy rr - 01 ‘ - ~ v) RE - . s . ad
time of report, : caused by balloon,
2) One object, round, size of basketbhal :
to pinhead. Color blue white, fluores-
| cent, Very bright, Object drifted over
to the moon and disapneared.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 256 SEP 52)

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