Project Blue Book Incident Report: Big Moose Lake, New York, 1 November 1953

This document consists of a series of military communications regarding a reported UFO sighting on 1 November 1953 at Big Moose Lake, New York. The initial report was received by the Air Technical Intelligence Center via a long-distance telephone call on 4 November 1953. The caller, identifying himself as a doctor, claimed that he and a companion, identified as a Lieutenant, observed a large, disk-shaped object with a dome on top hovering over the lake. The witnesses reported that the object extended a 'stem' into the water before ascending on its edge at a high rate of speed. Following the report, Detachment #3 of the 4602nd AISS was tasked with investigating the incident. Subsequent communications reveal that the investigators were unable to locate the witnesses at the address provided. The address was found to be an abandoned iron works. Furthermore, the military failed to obtain the address or status of the second witness, Lieutenant Anderson. Due to the inability to verify the witnesses' identities and the discovery that the provided address was fictitious, the official conclusion reached by the investigating unit was that the incident was a hoax.