South Salem, New YorkAugust 1956

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Summary

On August 5, 1956, in the early evening, a witness in South Salem, New York saw one object during bright twilight. It was bullet shaped, about the size of a half dollar at arm's length, and the color of polished brass. The object had a long tail of smoke and sparks. It moved at about the speed of an airliner and flew straight and level. It made no sound. The witness watched it for about five minutes.

The object passed out of sight, but the trail of smoke stayed visible for a short time after. This was a civilian, ground visual report. The report was filed on Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably aircraft.

Reported location

South Salem, New York

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

12 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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“ 5 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; - :
1. DATE ’ 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wos Bolloon
5 Aug 8 outh Salem, New York o Sagi 4 Bolleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Setieen
3 \f 3 . O Wos Aireroft
ge + + rT gm err i XGround- Vi sual O Ground-Rader CK Probobly Aireref?
BE a 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rodor O Possibly Aireroht
SP . O Was Astronomicol
O Yes O Probably Astrenomical
: ONe Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR eA ——,
0 Insufficient Date for Eveluetion
d : DO Unknown -
5 minutes one NE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
One object, bullet shaped, size of Probable A/C,
half dollar, color like polished brass.
Object had long tail of smoke and
sparks, Object moved with about the
same speed 2s an airlinter. No sound
and flew straight and level till out o
sight, but tail of smoke still visible :
after obgect disappeared.
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) :
s : 4 j
. - 4 S p PY

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