Syracuse, New YorkJuly 1955

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Summary

On July 21, 1955, in Syracuse, New York, two civilian ground observers reported two round objects. The witnesses were students. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The objects were red and green and seemed to change colors. The witnesses said they looked larger than aircraft navigation lights. The objects moved from west to east and faded into a fog bank. The sighting lasted about 35 to 40 seconds.

The local ground observer post plotted two aircraft in the same area at the same time. The Air Force concluded the witnesses most likely saw those aircraft. The case was evaluated as aircraft.

Reported location

Syracuse, New York

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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| Eg ei PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD rer
| % DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
O Wos Bolloon |
21 Jul 55 Syracuse, New York O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION cll po Aid |
IT —— B¥XGround- Vi sual O Ground-Rodar a Bobet Riverelt
om7.22/01332 0 Ain Visual QO Air-Intercopt Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
I's. PHOYOS - SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
x0 No cdvilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE = Ab arp re. rg. rer mre
: 35 & Lo seconds | two Wto E a Uk bbb ato for Evaluation
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Two objs, round, red and green appeared to chanige The flashing red and green lights
colors and were purportedly larger than navi- | suggested the possibility of a/ ce. The
gational lights. | local GOC plotted two a/c in area of
sighting at time of sighting.
| Evaluation #/c.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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