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Incident #219

PROJECT UNCLASSIFIED

ATIC NO. ---

AF NO. ---

REPORT NO. ---

DATE OF REPORT ---

TIME OF SIGHTING 2000 EST

SHAPE ball

SIZE ---

COURSE 270° E to W

NO. IN GROUP 1

SOUND ---

PHASES --- SKETCHES ---

DATE OF INPO 29 Nov 48

LOCATION Newburgh, N.Y.

SOURCE 14 Year old girl

DATE IN TO ATIC ---

COLOR Large red ball

SPEED ---

ALTITUDE ---

LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED 2 sec

TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground

MANEUVERS ---

Temporary ATIC Form 329
(2 Jan 52)

UNCLASSIFIED
Fuchal

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Incident #219 -- Newburgh, New York -- 29 November 1948

The object reported in this incident is clearly a slow-moving fireball. Time of day, length of time in sight, and all other data check with the bolide hypothesis.

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No. 219: Time of sighting coincides within a few minutes of the release time of the USAF rawinsonde at Newburgh and a pilot balloon sounding at New York. Very little description given that can be interpreted as either being a burning balloon or a motor. One negative remark was that the object moved from East to West, an impossible situation for a balloon since winds at all levels were westerly.

HEADQUARTERS
AIR WEATHER SERVICE
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington 25, D. C.

In Reply
Refer To: AFS DSS
11 May 1949

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: MCIAXO-3

1. Reference is made to letter from your headquarters, MCIAXS, dated 9 March 1949, subject "Unidentified Flying Objects," and first indorsement thereto by this headquarters, dated 31 March 1949.

2. The incident summaries 173 through 233 have been checked against routine weather-balloon ascents made by the Air Force, Navy and Weather Bur…

Incident: 219

, age 14, a ninth grade student at North Junior High, Newburgh, N. Y., reported that on the night of 29 November 1948 at precisely 8:00 while standing with two young friends on the corner of Concord St & 1st Street, that she observed a ball of fire with a long tail in the north of the sky. Course of the object was from east to west. It was visible for two seconds and then went below the horizon. She stated that while she had seen many shooting stars that she had never seen anything like this. She also described the astral phenomenon as being a "large red ball speeding thru t…

Incident: 219

1. Date of Observation . 29 Nov 48
2. Time of Observation . 8:00 P. M.
3. Where was Object(s) Sighted . . . . Newburgh, N. Y.
4. Observer's Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
( i.e. ground, air, control tower, etc. )
5. Name and Address of Observer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
age 14, 325 First St., N…

HEADQUARTERS
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
WEST POINT, NEW YORK

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2 December 1948

MACO 452.1-A

SUBJECT: Unconventional Aircraft

TO: Commanding General
First Army
Governors Island, New York 4, N.Y.

1. Reference Department of the Army letter CSGID 452.1 dated 1 November, subject as above, and your 1st Indorsement thereto dated 9 November 1948.

2. The inclosed clipping from the 30 November 1948 issue of the Newburgh News, Newburgh, N. Y., is forwarded for your information.

FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT:

R. S. HOUSES
Colonel, AGD
Adjutant General

1 Incl
Newspaper clipping

AHFKB-EV
MACO 452.…

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City Girl Sees Sky Phenomenon

"Look!"

Doris Croke, 14, of 325 First St. said just that last night at precisely 8 o'clock and she really meant it. Doris said today she was convinced she saw a blue - tailed comet.

A ninth grade student at North Junior High School, Doris said she was with two young friends standing on the corner of Concord St. and First St. when she looked into the north and saw "a ball of fire with a long tail. It lasted for two seconds, shooting from east to west, and going below the horizon. It was as large as life. I have seen shooting stars before but nothing like th…