1952: Schenectady, New York Sighting

THINK ABOUTIT SIGHTING REPORT

Date: July 1952

Sighting Time:

Day/Night: afternoon

Location: Schenectady New York

Urban or Rural: Rural

Hynek Classification: CE-III (Close Encounter III) Close observation with animate beings associated with the object.

Duration:

No. of Object(s):  4 or 5

Size of Object(s):

Distance to Object(s):

Shape of Object(s): oblong

Color of Object(s):

Number of Witnesses: 2+

Special Features/Characteristics: looked like “a bunch of Navy officers in Navy white hats,” all wearing huge dark glasses

Source: Nicap

Summary/Description: The anonymous witness attention being directed to the sky by a woman, he saw “what looked like a daylight moon lowering itself through the haze.” It stopped and hovered for 30 seconds, then rose & disappeared. A few minutes later, looking from a car window, he saw it again (now seen to be “oblong”), hovering over the Alco Company.

“Then a gondola seemed to lower from the object”, and he could see what looked like “a bunch of Navy officers in Navy white hats,” all wearing huge dark glasses, rushing to the windows. Red lights were flashing behind them. Then the “gondola” was withdrawn, and the object rose. 3 round, smaller objects appeared and entered the “dirigible” from the bottom. He mentioned it to his companions, but when they looked out it had vanished. Each time he saw the object, he noted “a very strong smell of ozone.”