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Long Island, New York area, December 1957

Date of account
1957-12
Location
Long Island, New York area
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION (5 reports) 12. CONCLUSIONS Long Island, New York area 口 Was Balloon 5 December 1957 Sheltenham, Maryland 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Wos Aircraft Local XhGround-Vi sual D Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircroft see below 口 Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. D AinVisual PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor 5. 口 Probably Astronomical Military 口 Possibly Astronomical XNO 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION B.NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 1)NW-SE2)N-S 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 3月 口 Unknown 2-3 seconds one 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS l) Elongated obj size of pencil。 Description,duration,flight Forward portion pencil shaped & blue path that of meteor. white.Obj itself reddish & bluish white. Had luminous tail,rocket ex- haust. 06/00587-06/0100Z 2) 06/0l00z Islip Long Island,

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