Yonkers, New YorkDecember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On December 5, 1957, at 6:41 a.m. in Yonkers, New York, a civilian witness observed a streak of light about twice the size of a star while driving in a car. The object was whitish-red in color and appeared slower than a typical meteor. An incandescent trail and slight glow were visible in front of the object. The sighting lasted three seconds. The object then burned out and broke up. Weather conditions were clear. The Air Force evaluated this sighting as a possible meteor.

Reported location

Yonkers, 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

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 December 1957

2. LOCATION
Yonkers, New York

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 06/0415Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual

E. PHOTOS
Yes
Negative

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
NNE

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical (Meteor) [checked]
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Streak of light about twice size of a star. Whitish-red. Appeared slower than a meteor. Incandescent trail and slight glow in front of object. Obj burned out and broke up.

11. COMMENTS
Possibly a meteor.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975824