Someplace in New York State, September 1955September 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 14, 1955, a civilian in New York State reported seeing one oblong object changing colors from yellow to red to yellow. The object was traveling on a north-east course and then changed heading to a north-west direction about 50 miles southeast of Inlet. The sighting was reported to Griffiss Air Force Base on September 15 at 11:32 p.m. The observation duration and specific time of the sighting were not recorded. Base operations noted that thunderstorm activity was heavy in the area north of the station at that time. The Air Force evaluation was insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Someplace in New York State, September 1955

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
14 Sep 55

4. LOCATION
Someplace in New York State

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was 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
Local
GMT 15/0300Z

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No [checked]

4. SOURCE
CIVILIAN

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
UNKNOWN

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
ONE

9. COURSE
NE THEN NW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One oblong obj, changing colors from yellow to red to yellow.

11. COMMENTS
INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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