Olean, New YorkAugust 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On August 23, 1957, in Olean, New York, a civilian civil defense director watched one round object for about 45 minutes. The object was smaller than a star and reddish in color. It looked like a moving bright light with an up-and-down motion. It moved to the north-northwest. The sky was clear. The Air Force record card for Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports, lists the conclusion as balloon. The card notes a balloon had been released just before the sighting and that the wind would have carried it toward the observer. The file also includes a news clipping about the northern lights seen across the country that night.

Reported location

Olean, New York

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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Glide, PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

9 1. DATE ’ 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

3 Bx Was Balloon

; 23 August 1957 Olean, New York Probably Bolloon |
[3 DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon

3 577) | (Res SR lana EA Ui Sym OR XC round- Visual D Ground-Radar 0 Wos Aircraft

1 O Probably Aircraft

E GMT a] ABipogulars O Air-Intercept Radar | © Possibly Aircraft

1 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical

0 Yes OQ Probobly Astronomical

| X& No Civilian - | 0 Possibly Astronomical

"| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 ONE aa i al

| OD Insufficient Data for Evaluation

E DO Unknown

3 45 minutes one | NNW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

3 A round object, smaller than a star, A check with balloon schedules
3 reddish color, appeared as a moving revealed that one was released |
E bright light with up and down motion. just prior to sighting and wind !
4 Observed for 45 minutes. directions would move the object

in direction of obJserver,

E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
2 1 /

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971400