Seneca Lake, New YorkJanuary 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

On January 28, 1954, near Seneca Lake, New York, military observers sighted an unidentified object at 10 a.m. and again at 10 a.m. The object was half-moon shaped, about 12 feet in diameter, with a soft yellow color and red exhaust. It flew straight from northwest to southeast with jerky motion. The object was observed twice, with the first sighting lasting about 9 minutes at approximately 10,000 feet altitude. Wind data was not included in the report. The overall duration of the sighting was 9 minutes. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Seneca Lake, New York

Date of incident

January 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 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 28 Jan 54
2. LOCATION: Seneca Lake, New York
12. CONCLUSIONS: [X] Balloon, [ ] Probably Balloon, [ ] Possibly Balloon, [ ] Was Aircraft, [ ] Probably Aircraft, [ ] Possibly Aircraft, [ ] Was Astronomical, [ ] Probably Astronomical, [ ] Possibly Astronomical, [ ] Other, [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation, [ ] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: 0914 EST, [illegible], DATE: 28/1014Z

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

5. SOURCE: military, NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

6. COURSE: NW to SE

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 9 minutes

8. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Half moon shaped object, est 12 feet in diam, - soft yellow with bluish red exhaust. Jerky motion. Straight flight from NW to SE. Observed twice lat time for 5 min. 1 hr later reappeared. Still soft yellow color this obsr at 10,000 ft. Wind data not included.

11. COMMENTS:
1. Sighted two times - first at 1000 then 10,000
2. WX overcast and light snow. Duration jerky flight climb description all in accord with balloon observation.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957394