Westbury L.I., N. Y., November 1957November 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 1, 1957, a ground-visual sighting was reported in Westbury, Long Island, New York. A civilian witness observed an object described as baseball-white in color traveling in a straight path. The sighting lasted 10 minutes. The number of objects was not given. The Air Force evaluation concluded the sighting was probably a balloon, though the classification of astronomical phenomenon was also marked as possible. Insufficient data was noted for evaluation.

Reported location

Westbury L.I., N. Y., November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
November 1957
3l DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 0704Z(?) [illegible]

2. LOCATION
Westbury L.I., N.Y.

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[ ] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 Min.

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
[illegible]

9. COURSE
Not given

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[X] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[X] Was Astronomical [illegible]
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[X] Unidentified

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Found on 1-st, size of baseball-white, traveling in straight path.

11. COMMENTS
No definite time of day-? dusk. [illegible] include [illegible] information.
[illegible]

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