Rockville Center, New YorkDecember 1958

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Summary

On December 1, 1958, in Rockville Center, New York, a witness reported seeing a round, white and gray object with the size of a basketball and a defined outline. The observation was made from a ground-visual perspective. The source was listed as civilian. The report does not specify the duration of the sighting or the number of objects observed. The comments note that the duration, description, and flight path were characteristic of a balloon. No official Air Force evaluation is marked on the record card.

Reported location

Rockville Center, New York

Date of incident

December 1958

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: December 1958

2. LOCATION: Rockville Center, New York

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local: [illegible]
GMT: 02/1713Z

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

5. PHOTOS
D: No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
[illegible]

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
[illegible]

9. COURSE
[illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, white & gray o/j, size of basket ball with definite outline.

11. COMMENTS
The duration, description, flight path are characteristic of balloon.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon [ ]
Probably Balloon [ ]
Possibly Balloon [ ]
Was Aircraft [ ]
Probably Aircraft [ ]
Possibly Aircraft [ ]
Was Astronomical [ ]
Probably Astronomical [ ]
Possibly Astronomical [ ]
Might be
Insufficient Data for Evaluation [ ]
Unknown [ ]

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981417