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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6788928

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONTarrytown N Y

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UFOB INDEX CARD
ATSS-JEOR-2L8-56
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Aug 56 Tarrytown, N. I. Was Balloon
0 Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Ground-Visual Ground-Radar nd-wdoor 0 Was Aircraft
09/0L552 Aug 56 Aug 56 Grouna-visuci Probably Aircraft Probably Aircraft
AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar D 0 Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Ys Civilian Civilian 0 Probably Astronomical
No 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other_ Other_
Still visible at tire of Still visible at tire of 00 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
Initial rerort One (1) Southeast Southeast
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
Ome (1) yellow star-like object, 5 or 6 Ome(1) vellow r-like object, 5 or 6 Do not roncur with Reporting Officer
times the size of the North Star. Noticed be- times the size of t e North Star. Noticed be- that sighting was a shooting star.
caused of light plus movement. Object moved Sighting meets all criteria for a ballodn
very dcwly in a southeasterly direction at a hypothesis. Winds correlate to course of
very high altitude. Object still in sight at object. Evaluation of this headquarterd
tine of initial report. is "was balloon.
AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)

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Case 183, Tarrytown, N.Y., Aug. 9, 1956--At 12:15
police headquarters received a phone call from Walter
Kocher who saw a mysterious light ky. Sgt. Fin-
tan Maegerle was dispatched by radi investigate. He
confirmed the report together with two other officers. Sgt. confirmed the report together with ty other officers. Sgt.
Maegerle. a World War II pilot who holds a commercial
license, described the light as vellowish, and "five to eight
times the size of any star in the sky." He could not esti-
mate its altitude, but said it was movinig in jerks in a mate its altitude, but said it was moviig in jerks in a
generally southeasterly direction. In his fiying experience generally southeasterly direction. In his flying experience
he had seen nothing like it. .. . About 1:30 a.n., the light he had seen nothing like it. ... About 1:30 a.in., the light
disappeared.