Westchester, New YorkDecember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On December 17, 1957, near dusk in Westchester, New York, a civilian witnessed an object described as a good sized balloon with a bowl shape on top and bottom. The object traveled straight and flew out of sight. The sighting lasted one and a half minutes. One object was reported. No elevation, azimuth, or wind information was provided. The Air Force concluded the report contained insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Westchester, New York

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                           2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
17 December 1957                 Westchester, New York          [ ] Was Balloon
3. DATE/TIME GROUP              4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         [X] Probably Balloon
Local                           [X] Ground-Visual              [ ] Possibly Balloon
GMT17/2200Z                     [ ] Air-Visual                 [ ] Was Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                       [ ] Ground-Radar               [ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Yes                         [ ] Air-Intercept Radar        [ ] Possibly Aircraft
[X] No                          6. SOURCE                      [ ] Was Astronomical
                                Civilian                       [ ] Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE  [ ] Possibly Astronomical
1 1/2 mins                      one               not given    [ ] Other [illegible]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING                    11. COMMENTS
Object at size of good sized balloon,           No elevation, azimuth or wind
shape of bowl on top & bottom, travel-          information given. This report
ing straight and flew out of sight.             cannot be evaluated without
                                                this information.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976168