South Bethpage/Long Isl, N.Y., June 1958June 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 9, 1958, at 10:35 a.m. near South Bethpage, Long Island, New York, a civilian witness reported seeing a round object with a blue and white ring traveling at a very fast rate. The sighting lasted 21 seconds. One object was observed with no specific course reported. Tower personnel at the airfield confirmed they saw approximately the same thing, which they believed was a meteor. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

South Bethpage/Long Isl, N.Y., June 1958

Date of incident

June 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 9 Jun 58
2. LOCATION: South Bethpage/Long Isl, N.Y.
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Lssel, GMT 10/0357Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual, Air-Radar [checkboxes]
5. SOURCE: Civilian
6. PHOTOS: Yes, No [checkboxes]
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 21 seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Rnd obj w/blue & white ring. Size of dime, traveling at a very fast rate.
11. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes for Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical/Meteor, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown]
12. COMMENTS: Tower personnel confirmed that they saw approx the same thing which they were convinced was a meteor.

[Handwritten annotations below]
035 72 10 [illegible] 58
[illegible] ASTHO 9 JUNE 7
[Additional handwritten marks]

SGH@11 SQE712 YDD154 TYD664 TMA796 SJB855
PP RJEPHO RJEPNY RJEDDN RJEDSQ
DE RJEPSJ 13
P 101400Z
FM HEDABGRU 2500
TO RJEDDN/COMADC

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28978499