Sampson AFB, New YorkApril 1954

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Summary

On April 19, 1954, at 8:52 p.m., an engineer draftsman at Sampson Air Force Base in New York observed an object about the size of a nickel held at arm's length. The object was bright white, like a fluorescent light bulb, and moved rapidly with an exhaust birch visible behind it. The object appeared about 10 to 19 times longer than its diameter. No sound was heard. The object rose at an angle of five degrees and disappeared into the horizon. The sighting lasted about one minute. One ground observer saw the object. Conditions were clear and cloudless with good visibility. The Air Force evaluation is unknown.

Reported location

Sampson AFB, New York

Date of incident

April 1954

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

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PROJECT BLUE RECORD CARD

(A) DATE
1 April 1954
Local ____
GMT 0452Z (1)

(B) LOCATION
Sampson AFB, New York

(C) TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ]
[ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

(D) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTS
[ ] Yes
[ ] No

(E) DURATION OF SIGHTING
1 minute

(F) NUMBER OF OBJECTS OF SIGHTING
[illegible]

(G) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTS
One

(H) ALTITUDE | (I) COURSE
600

(J) CONCLUSIONS
(8) Was Balloon
(9) Possibly Balloon
(10) Was Aircraft
(11) Possibly Aircraft
(12) Possibly Astronomical
(13) Other
(14) Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

(K) BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Fluorescent with exhaust, no sound.

(L) COMMENTS
Reliable observers, not in area.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28958043