Ocean Side, Long Island, N.Y., December 1957December 1957

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Summary

On December 10, 1957, at 4:35 a.m. GMT near Ocean Side on Long Island, New York, a person walking a dog observed an object in the sky. The witness, who regularly watches stars, reported seeing a rocket-shaped object with a pencil-like front, bright white like the moon. It resembled a comet or shooting star and moved eastward from west to east. The object was at about 20 degrees elevation above the horizon, moving rapidly and descending toward the horizon. The sighting lasted a fairly short time. The observer was on the south shore of Long Island facing south. One witness was involved. The Air Force concluded the sighting was a meteor.

Reported location

Ocean Side, Long Island, N.Y., December 1957

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
10 December 1957

2. LOCATION
Ocean Side, Long Island, N.Y.

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 11/0435Z

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

5. PHOTOS
□ Yes
X No

6. SOURCE
Military & Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Short

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
East

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Object with appearance of rocket case shaped like pencil front. Bright white like moon. Looked like comet or shooting star.

12. CONCLUSIONS
X Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft
□ Possibly Aircraft
X Was Astronomical Meteor
□ Probably Astronomical
□ Possibly Astronomical
□ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
□ Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Meteor sighting.

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