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New York City, New York, May 1955

Date of account
1955-05
Location
New York City, New York
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 15 May 1955 New York City, New York 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Was Aircraft Local XKGround-Visual Ground·Radar 口 Probobly Aircraft GMT_15/2000Z DAir-Visual Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical BYes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical ONo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE xOthsr_Hoax 口 Insufficiont Data for Evoluation 口 Unknown one & one half minutesl one North&_South 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ll. coMMENrsAt request of ATIC this sighting investigated by this Hd the roof of a downtown New York City Investigating officer's opinion puilding, one of them noticed an object is that photos fraudulent. This in the sky which at times had a metallic hq agrees w/conclusion of Io glint and appea

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