Ridgewood, New YorkDecember 1956

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Summary

On December 4, 1956, a civilian saw one object over Ridgewood, New York. The witness was a teacher and stood near City College in New York. The object was seen for about one half to five seconds.

The report described a snowball to disk shaped, pearly white object the size of a medium orange at arm's length. It was noted falling from the vapor trails of a jet aircraft that was being intercepted by fighter aircraft. The object fell straight down toward earth. The weather was clear with 15 miles of visibility.

The Air Force record card lists the cause as chaff. The card noted that chaff was dropped from a B-47 aircraft during fighter interceptor action in the area on that date. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Ridgewood, New York

Date of incident

December 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i
§ 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; sd O Was Bolloon
4 December 1956 Ridgewood, New York DO Probably Ballon
RB [3 oAtemmEcrouP [4 vrPeoromseRvaTion | Possibly Balloon
i Yo gal iiiise is diy bs ho ip wl Walle e R08 XX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodar DO Was Aircraft
d 3 0D Probably Aircraft
i out 04719102 ~~ 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar o Possibly Aireralft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE D Was Astronomical
] O Yes DO Probably Astronomical
2 No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ®, omer chaff
| | a Uingtiiciont Date for Evaluation
1/2 to 5 seconds one vertical {hl
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
One snowball to disk shaped pearly Chaff dropeed fm B-47 a/c with
: white obj, size of a medium shaped fighter interceptor action in
i orange at arm's length, Obj was. the area. Repotted by 26 AD Sec
3 noted as falling from the vapor tor on this date, Case evalua-
. trails of a jet a/c being intercepte ted as chaff drop.
by fighter aircraft, Obj fell verti-
| cally to earth, Obj was seen
visually for 1/2 to \ seconds,
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
Ji /

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968554