Upper New York, 1953Circa 1953

Insufficient Data

Summary

This report describes a sighting in 1953 in upstate New York, near Ten Mile River, at a Boy Scout camp. The witness did not report it until November 1960, when he wrote a letter to the Air Force.

The witness said he and about two hundred boys were on a hill at night watching the stars. He said they saw an object that flew very fast. He said it made sharp right-angle turns and also flew in figure-eight patterns. He estimated it was about 2,000 feet up and watched it through field glasses.

Much of the letter focused on the witness's own ideas about what flying saucers are made of and what fuel they might use, rather than the sighting itself. The Air Force noted that the witness gave very little detail about the event.

The record lists the conclusion as insufficient data for evaluation. The source reliability was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Upper New York, 1953

Date of incident

Circa 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

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1. DATE - FINE GROUP 2. | TATION .

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1953 - Upver New York : ;

3. SOURCE 10, CONCLUSION :

) Civilian TUSUFFICIMIT DATA FOR EVALUATIO
1 4. NUMBER OF O3JECTS

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: 5. LENGTH OF OB35ZRVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

i : Object flew very fast and made sharp right angle turns. Alco

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1 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i

. COIMFNTS: itness observed object in 1953 and did not report at
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| 3 Ground visual neil loverber 1960, In sddition to re { ortin the sighting,

q 7. COURSE ritness is attempting to give information as to where "flying
Pp Gl “ gancers" operate fron, what th wvoare made of and + y type of
S— Le L- fuel they use, Witness is nos 20 years old, bub the coastructlop
: ® PHOTOS of his letter would indicate that he was much younger than 20.

| % Witness cave very Little info concerning the sighting itself,

| X No nrecluding an evaluctuion,

§ 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE oe

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28952455