AISS-UFOB-98-56 / 2019F-11-D-4 — 1956-04-09 — Rome, New York (southeast of Griffiss AFB)

At 0333Z on 9 April 1956, A/1C Charles N. Kuhl in the control tower at Griffiss AFB, Rome, New York, observed a single round, half-dollar-sized orange-to-red object with a blueish tint, with what appeared to be the outline of a C-47-sized plane in front of it. The object traveled east to west in level flight at approximately 4,500 feet, observed for 3-5 minutes with 7x50 binoculars. A scrambled F-94C 'Jumping Jack Able One' was sent out at 0344Z with negative results. The squadron flight facilities officer concluded the object could have been the reporting aircraft seen through smoke or dust and haze with lights reflecting from surfaces, and that the aircraft would have been in the vicinity of a main highway with neon lights.

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