Newplatz, N.Y., October 1957October 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 14, 1957, at 2:20 p.m., a civilian observer in Newplatz, New York saw a round object about the size of a star with a yellowish flicker. The object seemed to float down slowly, then went out or dropped below the horizon. The sighting lasted several minutes. One object was reported. The witness was looking at the sky at about 75 degrees northwest of the horizon. The Air Force noted that winds and weather conditions were not provided, which made proper evaluation of the sighting difficult.

Reported location

Newplatz, N.Y., October 1957

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
14 October 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Lead ___________
GMT 14/2200Z

5. PHOTOS
O Yes
XEXES

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
several minutes

2. LOCATION
Newplatz, N.Y.

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XE.Ground-Visual  O Ground-Radar
O Air-Visual       O Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
dropped

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round object, size of star, yellowish flickered. Seemed to float down slowly, went out or dropped below horizon.

1A. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
O Probably Balloon
O Probably Balloon
O Was Aircraft
O Probably Aircraft
O Possibly Aircraft
O Was Astronomical
O Probably Astronomical
O Possibly Astronomical
O Other _______________
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Winds & weather conditions not given, making it difficult to properly evaluate this sighting.

ATG FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972193