Sampson AFB, New York, January 1953
- Date of account
- 1953-01
- Location
- Sampson AFB, New York
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention only1.DATE'-TIME GROUP 2LOCATION 26Jan 53 26/2320Z Sanpson AFB.New Yor 3.SOURCE 10.CONCLUSION Airman PROBABLY AIRCRAFT 4.NUMBER OF OBJECTS One 5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEP SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1Min. Large rectangular shaped luminous object traveled E to V throughout an arc of 7o° to 8o°in a straight shallow climb 6.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Object seoned to gain altitude rapidly,slowly fading away. Ground-Visual Sound of object was a high pitched hun. 7.COURSE COMNTS: 1. Object observed by theodolite. Clibs too fast West (39°/1 min) to be a star.No balloon launches 8.PHOTOS at Sampson AFB. Sampson AFB answered ATIC TwK amd stated that Yas Westbound Boston Airlines flight was in general No area at 18l5 EST. 9.PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Yos QNo FORM FTD SEP630-329 (TDE) Provlous oditiona of thlo form ay be used,
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