Tarrytown, N.Y., August 1956August 1956

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Summary

On August 9, 1956, civilian witnesses in Tarrytown, New York, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 0152Z and the object was still visible when the first report was made.

A police sergeant and two other officers confirmed a report phoned in by a resident who saw a mysterious light. The sergeant, a former wartime pilot with a commercial license, described the light as yellowish and five to eight times the size of any star in the sky. He could not estimate its altitude. The object moved in jerks in a generally southeasterly direction at high altitude. He said he had seen nothing like it in his flying experience. The light disappeared about 1:30 a.m.

The Air Force did not agree with the reporting officer that it was a shooting star. It found the sighting met all the criteria for a balloon, and the winds matched the object's course. The evaluation was balloon.

Reported location

Tarrytown, N.Y., August 1956

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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atl UFOB INDEX CARD _
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| 1. DATE i 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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&=F hug 56 Tarrytown, N, Y. X Was Balloon
0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION B SosmEly Bolloon
/ # i DO Was Aircraft
09/0L¥52Z Aug 56 § Ground-Vi suc! O Ground-Rador Q Probably Aircraft
O AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft ’ |
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical a eo
C Yes O Probably Astronomical |
| oN Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other |
534111 wisible at tire of | = {sy slant ota for Evaluation
{Initial revert Cnz (2) Southeast LS |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS RES
| One (1) »=1llow star-like object, 5 or & Do net concur with. Reporting Officer |
times the size of the Norih Star, Noticed bee | that sighting was a shooting star,
caused of 11h? plus movement, Object moved Sighting meets all criteria for a ballodqn
very dcwly in a southeasterly direction at a hypothesis, Winds correlate to course 4f
very high altitude, Object still in sight at object. Evaluation of this headouarter:
tine of initial report. &s "ras balloon.®
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