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ATIC NO. ---
AF NO. ---

PREPAY NO. Civilian Letter
DATE OF REPORT ---
TIME OF SIGHTING 0930 EST
SHAPE -- Contrail
SIZE -- Tennis ball
COURSE -- 180° then 270°
NO. IN GROUP -- 1
BOARD -- ---
PREPAY -- SKETCHES --

Temporary ATIC Form 329
(2 Jan 52)

DATE OF INFO -- 17 March 1950
LOCATION -- Roslyn, N. Y.
SOURCE -- Female Civilian
DATE IN TO ATIC -- ---
COLOR -- ---
SPEED -- Very slow High to few
ALTITUDE -- Housend ft. Very slow
LENGTH OF TIME -- 10 Min.
TYPE OF OBSERVATION -- Auto
BARRIVERS -- Lost altitude slowly then made 90° turn.
Source first saw contrails then object descended …

TO: Officer in Charge
Project Saucer
Wright Patterson Field
Dayton, Ohio

FROM: Mr. [redacted]
[redacted] Ave.
Northport, L.I., N.Y.

SUBJECT: Unusual type aircraft seen over Long Island, March 17, 1950

1. I feel that the following description of the subject aircraft should be forwarded to the proper authorities.

2. While driving alone from Northport, Long Island to New York City on March 17, 1950, I observed at 9:30 a.m. between the towns of East Norwich and Roslyn, what appeared to be a smoke trail at an extremely high altitude which I thought was sky-writing. When the aircraft appeared to…