PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 41. LOCATION 3. DATETIME OROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ;C:l}Ground Vi oual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Air Vi suol 0 A ir-Intercept Raoar Ci vili a n Woa R<JIIoon P robably Ooliaar) 0 P o u i bl y Bt~llnon Wos Aircraft Prob a bl y Ai rcraft P o ui bl y AIrcraft 0 Was Astronoml cal 0 Probo bl y A stronomical 0 Po:ulbly Astronomleol 7. L.E:NGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMi!ER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE a< OthorJ tl~Qn .; is f. c: n t i 1 i o 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 U nknown lO. 8RieP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ll. COMMENTS Ob j ect a bou t a n i n c h l o n g wi t h cliametur Sinc;c info s o:newhRt confl i c t :i.ng, l th8 l e ngth , leavi n g no exhaust or placed i n i nconsisten t inJo cla s - vapor trail. Travelin g sl owly. DisniJpcor e d/si f ication a~ i i suddenly g a ining a ltitude. ATIC FORM Jl9 (~ EV 26 Si!~ 5 2) Suffolk Countjr Air Fore c :aa~e :tcsthar.lpto!l Be!lch, Lone Island, lTevT York Unidentified Flyine Oojectr.; Heport:Lng '1'0: Commander Air Defense Co:.ur.mnd In refe r ence to letter fro:a i-:r ted 25 1-iay 1957, a..YJ.d i n accordaYJ.ce hrith Air Force on 200-~, pa.ra~::raph 7D, dated 12 Aueus t 1954, the follo.-ri::~z report io hereby ::;ubr::itted. to non ave.ilibility of idr Force Fonas 112 cmd ll2.\ at this station, subject report is for:.r:trded a s indicated by the format of para.;raph ?D, Air Force Regulation 200- 2 , d~ted 1~ August 1 9)h. a . (i;~; s!:@p.e~ ratio of length t.o b . L'3ngth o.ppca red .J?ej:.uucn the size of u nickel .md a o.ua.rter helcl..i~t ar:2s lcn~th. None except shane 1rhich turned fror.1 cir:t:.r shape to circular during the ia::;t' ~en seconds-of observation" -d.uri-:-n{~-.rhich it- steadily di.iuinishe d . Eone noticed, ho1rever a. running engine a !1d a radio not f a r a.i'lay 1rould have dro.me d a s ubstantial runount of noise. A j e t aircraft Hhich pass~d ove r about 40 ::tinutas later r.-~;'I.S 1ea~ otve. the Cas,lal glance by observer , o!:>ject se.z~ed to be Jnoving so sloHly tha t it ".rould stall i f it 11ns a..-1 ai.rcrRft. 'rhi s c aused obs3rver to c.(o!'lt.inu~ observation. ----- ........ ) P.ngle of' . elevation ....09 ,ttr:J~! !-.Qpro.xi:::.:ttelY.(!lorth ot .. Angle of elovati.on r=7 5 de;;: .4ppro: :l.t:1ately ~s6ut.l:l.; Object continued on a-e .raf?-ifit cou.rs .,untif the l a.Gt 10 seconds of flicbt 1-:hen :tt. becane r o"iind i:nd di.u.i.n:i.si1ed. During last ten ~eco:tda of o bs;)rvation the object. assu.:J.-.!<1 a circula r r.hape a..-,d steadily cli::ti1"1Shed .:1.s i.i' clil:1bin ..: Unidcn:.lf:Led Flyh~g Objects Rcportinz (Con t 'cl) Gr ound- vi. sue~. b . I!one. 6 . c.. :Sck1ond B. :r.;ccc.be, app r o;.:. 35, 11 Die!: Court, I;orthpoi't, ii. Y. c.l.ottd3 to the ;.;c s::. -clear i n ar,~a of si,3hti n.::;. Surface -2 90 de:. 17k gusts 60, 000 .ft . -infor11atio:1 n ot d . 7 ;lilcs. e . _1-u!)OO ft. scattar eU. .. n.ve.ilu.ble. .one ~n a r ea , r ronc passeu a v .. ;;~u zu u . 1 0 . Obs0r va r noted C-119 on :c path ~t 1600 ~ulu d a jet airc:-a f t. on opposite cour s e at 1620 zul~..1. 11. J\sst. Oper ations Of f i e c?.r , 52nd Fi.::;ht c r Group (.\.D) . I f it is E'.ssumed that t:r . report is c orrect, tltel"~ is n o r0asono.~)lc e {p lanation .for t =:;iLhtin~. 'l'hc l-'- 1 02.:. H:Li-9.:1 C?Eera'L::_ .fJ.~o~l Su.:':fol k County !dr Force &2-~-n.@ .. ~.).~b~-often l ook li}:e u fl.:"".!.n[~ ci.:.;a-r aE-a dis E-a ncc. 'I':1cy \Tould have t o 3.IJ!1C<lr a bou t t he s:i.z c of ~".. pea or s!n;.ller ho'l!ever as t~1C hi;11 tail i s c..!..curl~-di s ccr::1abl c at c los3r dls tt.:."lces. :::r. s~rved i n t1o . .:.ir Force as a."'l ac.n~ial :;ru:ttc r Unidznt:i.fied Flying Objects Reporting ( Cont during \vorld uar II. His observatio~l t,hat. the speed of the objcc.: 1:, \1:-!..S so lo~r th:tt i f it H :. .S an n.i.rcraft it, .vould 3 tall out, soe1:; to rule out the F-l02ri even if he uas rn.Lstake:n about the apparent si~e. The hinds reported b;-t the Heathar stn.tion at Suffolk uere uppro::,d.mately 90 d'Jf_;rces to the r e po::tin:s direction of the path of t he ob j e c:t. This howeve does not f ully rule out the pos:d.bility oJ.' th.1.s bcin~; a b alloon. :i<r . stury c .er.not b e full;; aecurate as to the direction froll him to t ho object. If the b0.1loon travel e d the cour:;e he c lai1n:.;, he ~rou.ld "w.ve had to look: o.l: ~o:Jt dire-: tly into the sun near the lat tor p;.rt o.f tiu:: ol) jects o.p;.1.r13nt fl:i.~ht. Er. savs ho\..;ev e r that t~e ::;an Has in back of him .:md did not inter- fere i.rlth his v:i.eH. That bcinc; the cas~ t!'le object could h :xre h:..d un eas t erly cou:=-s e uhich vTou.ld corr.aspond ui t~1 the i:inds rapo.cted . The c:i.t,;n:r sh.;.~e could be account d for ::!.S the shape o.f t~e ooject or th~ ahapa of the shadovTed porcion. The cJ.ir.l.in.i~hin: size and disappear ance of i:.h0 o~ jcct me!1t be <lCCOlJJ1ted for by P. CO!:t!Jina.t3.0H Of balloon clinb, and OUC- bOU...."ld !lead.ine;, and th~ nor:r1al <.10c rea.30 in d efinition as a..'tl obj ect goes up-stu1 on slightly hazy dn.ys. The Heathei.." balloon fror.1 L:1.Guardia mie;ht ue in the vicinity a t t!lC ti:-1e :ccportad, or l:tor e proh:lble 1) nlnutos later. This balloon ho.re v.Jr !Jhould have bacn considerably sr:w.llc::-in 12. rrone. Unidentified Flyine Objects i1eport:i.ng (Cont'd) ~'finds report ed by SlJ Alt' B ~leather station. > a in. after f i r s!:, sighting FCrt TH~ CC'i:.l:..HD ~R: Let tet, 1-ir. HcCabe Fi.r:Jt :::;i;;hted o ~ r.:r . 1:cCabe . , Approx . pos. of l~r. i:cca.be renorted this rClrw.ined b~h.i..nd hir.1. At t. Co.c1.rnanding Offi c or. Suffol k Airforce Base Dear .31.r: On I.:ay 24th at 10;38 A.M. while working on a his h tcm~ion line located on Old Northport Rd. ,King~ Park, I sa;v a:1 object i n the si~y o,rar - h~ad 'Nhi ch a t first I thought to b3 a J'et .ctircraft. A:ftar studying t he obj?ct for a. few moments I discovered that it h ad no wi ng s or J-ail e s senioly. I :1ns also impressd by th<> olo'Vnes s with _,.,~ich i." t;z.~:d through the . I ghout e d up t o the lineman on the pol e to take a look a t the ob ject , aft e r a few monents, he located it and I asked him if h e could sea any wi ng s or toil assembly , his reply was negative. He both watched the obj~ct for about aminute ~nd a half,during this i ime it passed through an angle of 45 degrees During the l ast ten seconds of vie,vin 1 t seemed t o be getting s maller and finally dis a ppeared as if it had suddenly gained altitude. The ob j e ct was about an i nch long with a diameter of one fourth the . len~th, it was going from north to south a nd it l eft no exhaust or vapor trail. About 11 A. M. a box car f l e w by ill &he same general area and at 11:20 A. M. n j e t flew almost the same course but in the opposite direction. rhe other maz1 nho s a w this ob j ect i Gre enlawn