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Garden City, New York, November 1959

Date of account
1959-11
Location
Garden City, New York
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.L.OCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 12Noy.59 Garden City, Nev York 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Locai. 口 Probably Aircraft 12/2240Z D AirVisual D Air-Intercept Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol O.Yos 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical No 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Orhor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 10 mins one stationary O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Obj in E or NE at 2O° elev climbing erratically Movement coincides w/that expected irregular movement.Color yellowish white or Oa balloon.Garden City is.to the white. Occasional bluish or green light fm the West Uitchell AFB (about lO mi) Obj obj. Climbed to about 3o° in 3 mins. Ten mins was probably a ball

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