Syosset, New YorkJuly 1960

Unidentified

Summary

On July 16, 1960, a civilian woman in Syosset, New York saw two strange objects in the sky at about 11:00 p.m. She first thought they were falling stars, then noticed their course was not regular. She called her husband. After several minutes he saw two objects at what seemed a great height, streaking across the sky toward the south. They flew a wavering course, then changed abruptly to the west. There was no sound. The objects gave off a reddish-orange light. The sky was clear. The witnesses wrote to the Air Force. The Air Force said the report lacked enough information for a valid conclusion and asked the witnesses to fill out questionnaires. The card noted nothing conflicting with an aircraft analysis.

Reported location

Syosset, New York

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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te E PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD .
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
1 : O Wes Balloon
16 July 1960 Syosset, New York DO Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bellosn
EEE Tr oGround-Vi sual O Ground-Radar O Peony fooor oft |
A GM N300 O Air Visual Q Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
3 $ PHOTOS 3. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
. O Yes O Probably Astronomical \
| LNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION § NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE DIT iii iii sin
‘ O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
: O Unknown
not reported two maneuvered |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Observer thought she saw falling Nothing conflicting with a/c
|] stars and called husband. Ten minutes analysis,
later two objects appearing to be at | |
great height streaked across sky in
: Southerly direction, Changed course
: to West. No sount, Emitted red ak
1H orange light, :
] ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2) :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987827