Circle over Belmont, NY
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
a bright light followed a slow zigzag path from the horizon to the zenith then made a right angle turn
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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What would the paper say?
Sightings from the Project Blue Book era (through 1969) live in Record Group 341 at the National Archives. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: National Archives and Records Administration · records window 1960-08-07 → 1960-08-24
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October 5, 2019 · 2:50 AM · UNKNOWN
Belmont, NY
RECEIVED 911 CALL FROM SUBJECT REPORTING UNKNOWN OBJECT IN THE SKY NORTH OF THE BELMONT AREA, BEING SEEN FROM THE CALLER'S ADDRESS AT XXXX IRISH SETTLEMENT RD IN THE TOWN OF WARD. AFTER RECEIVING SAID CALL, I WENT OUTSIDE TO VERIFY IF THE OBJECT COULD BE SEEN FROM MY LOCATION. DUE NORTH OF MY LOCATION THERE IS AN OBJECT IN THE SKY THAT WAS APPEARING TO FLASH CLEAR, GREEN AND RED LIGHTS. I THEN TURN AND LOOKED SOUTH SOUTH EAST OF MY LOCATION AN OBSERVED SIMILAR LOOKING OBJECT IN THE SKY FLASHING THE SAME COLORS. ORIGINAL CALLER CALLED BACK NUMERIOUS TIME AND REPORTED THAT THE OBJECT WAS NOT MOVING AND HE WAS LOOKING AT IT THRU A TELESCOPE AND THE OBJECT APPEARED TO BE LARGER THAT A PLANE. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH BUFFALO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TO VERIFY IF THERE WAS ANY AIR TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO AIR TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AND DIRECTED US TO CONTACT THE NATIONAL UFO CENTER. AFTER SPEAKING THE NATIONAL UFO CENTER THEY REQUESTED THAT WE SUBMI! TT A REPORT AND WE ALSO MADE CONTACT WITH ORIGINAL CALLER AND HE WAS GOING TO CONTACT THE NATIONAL UFO CENTER DIRECTLY.
July 17, 2012 · 12:00 AM · SPHERE
Belmont, NY
Orange sphere, zig-zag, hover, dissapear
October 4, 1998 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Belmont, NY
A pencil lead streak across the sky dropped hundreds of miles, the object slowly move toward the west.