. ~ , UFOB INDEX CARD t. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS {'~Aug $6 ~J' 1 lfe Y. IX Was 13alloo n fj-;; 0 Probably Balloon Passi bl Y B oll a o n 09/0lrSSZ Aug S6 11. I..!NGTH OF O~SERVATION . St.i 11 vis i ble at tire of I Initial re:ert bo. i!RieF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i Ground Vi sue I OAir-VIsual 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS I One (1) :'~llow star-like objeet, 5 or 6 tL~es the size of t he North Star. Not i c ed be- ea'Wted o~ lim t plus move:nent. Object moved ver;r !.cvly L'"! a southeasterly direction at a very hir,h altitude. Object stjll in sirht at ti~e of initial report. AlSOP Form 5 (1! Oct 54) 0 Ground-Rodor 0 A ir-Intercept Radar 11. COMMEN TS 0 Wos Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Ai rcraft 0 Was Astronomical .r- 0 PTobohl y A~trono111i col 0 Possibly Astronomical 0 Insuff ic ient Ooto for E valuation Do not roncn r wit h Reporting Office r that sightin g was & s hooti.n r star. Sighting m~ts al! criteria for a ballo( n hypothesis. ~ii...,'ds c orrelate t o r our a e c f object.. Evalua t ion or thi s headquarter~ As "was balloon. Csse 183, Tarryto1vn, N.Y., Aug. 9, 1956-At 12:15 police he3dquarters recei\ed a phone cnll from VI<Aiter Kocher who saw a m:;sterio~1s light in :he sky. Sgt. Fin- tan J\Iaeg,erle was dis;:>atc!ied by radio t o investi~ate. He confirmed the report together with two ot !'l.:r ~ffices. S gt. M<:.cge:-!e. a \Vorld \",';. .. E ;"~:!at who ho~ds ~ co:nmercial lice:1se. described the !:~h: :; yellow\ . a:-:d 'fi,:- :n e ight disappeared.!>