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Niagara Falls AFB, New York, May 1955

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

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 18 May 1955 口 Was Balloon Niagara Falls. AFB,_New Yorl 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rudar 口 Was Aircraft 19/0140Z XAir-Visuol 口 Probobly Aircroft GMT. Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibiy Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Yos axWas Astronomical Meteor 口 ProbablyAstronomicol Military (F86D Pilot) 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF CBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 2 2-3 seconds 口 Unknown ouo descent(slight) 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One spherical, white, object approxi- mately l0 feet in diameter was Sighting descriptive of meteor ebservation. observed by a F86D pilot while flying over Niagara AFB, New York. Object was observed for a period of two to three seconds while pilot was banking to the left.Pi

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