Queens, New York City, January 1955January 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On January 11, 1955, at 11:21 p.m., a civilian in Queens, New York City reported seeing two objects moving south at high altitude. The objects were circular in shape and moved slightly slower than a jet aircraft. They glowed like an ordinary house bulb and gave off yellowish light. The sighting continued for an unknown duration on a southerly course out of the witness's vision. Visibility was reported as good. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as a possible aircraft.

Reported location

Queens, New York City, January 1955

Date of incident

January 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
11 January 1955

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 11/2145Z

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
XXNo

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Circular shape at high altitude. Speed slightly slower than jet. Object glowed like ordinary house bulb. Gave off yellowish light.

2. LOCATION
Queens, New York City

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XXN Ground-Visual [] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
two

9. COURSE
South

12. CONCLUSIONS:
[] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Probably Aircraft
XX Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Possible a/c.

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