Olean, New YorkApril 1960

Unidentified

Summary

On April 16, 1960, two civilians saw a group of objects in the sky over Olean, New York. The time was about 11:20 p.m. One witness was a civil defense director and the other was a machinist.

The men reported between 20 and 30 small circular objects. They compared the sizes to half dollars, dimes, and nickels. The objects were dull gray and very close together. With the naked eye they looked like one large mass, but through binoculars the separate objects could be seen. The group moved at a very high rate of speed toward the northwest. The witnesses heard no sound and saw no trail. They watched for about 10 to 15 seconds.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably a group of waterfowl heading north to their summer breeding grounds.

Reported location

Olean, New York

Date of incident

April 1960

State / country

NY / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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. reo» RROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD a |
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
16 Apr 60 Olean, New York a Prohobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. Pessitly Belton
Local py rr O Ground-Reder a Brobuidy Rovere
GMT 1704202 Apr (e Ragcul O Air-Intercopt Radar O Possibly Avera |
S. PNOTOS SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical :
OX Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE X Ores Prob Birds
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
10-15 sec 20-30 NW 0 Unknown :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
Twenty to thirty circular objects, size of half | Probably a group of waterfowl heading |
dollars, dimes and nickels, dull gray, very north to their summer breeding grounds.
close together. Looked like a mass until viewed
hrough binoculars. No trail, no sound. Travel
| [ing at extremely high rate of speed.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28986644