RIPLEY, NEW YORKDate unknown

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Summary

This file covers a sighting near Ripley, New York, reported by an Air Force radar and warning squadron. The object was tracked and an F-47 aircraft was sent to intercept, but the intercept was unsuccessful. The weather noted scattered clouds at 25,000 feet with winds aloft about 20 knots. There was no physical evidence and no local air traffic.

The file's worksheets show the object was observed from the ground, with questions about whether it changed direction, had a tail, or appeared to disintegrate. The evaluation pages were left mostly blank.

The file also includes a separate report from July 27, 1952, near Manhattan Beach, California, at 1335 (1:35 p.m.). A civilian observer said the object was elliptical or delta shaped, three dimensional, and about the size of a dime at arm's length. It first appeared as one object, then broke into seven objects. Its speed and altitude were both given as very high.

Reported location

RIPLEY, NEW YORK

Date of incident

Date unknown

State / country

NY / US

Page count

56 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 13

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AF FORM 112—PART If —lgmemey UNCLASSIFIED 3
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT i
FROM (Agency) B %
763d AC&W Squadron pti y
Lockport, New York L3mly 7-225 — @ 5 aa
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6. Veather - 25,000,scattered clouds, winds aloft, 20 knots q
from 270°, . | 1
7. lieteorological activity unknown. ‘ )
8. lio physical evidence available.
9. Intercept action taken by this staticn using F=47 air- a
craft. Intercept unsuccessful. |
a 10. No lccal air traffic, :
UNCL/ IED
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28946298