Cylinder UFO followed by disc seen in fall of 1957 over northern New Jersey
I was standing in my parent's front yard in the fall of 1957 when I observed a gold colored cylinder shaped like a cigarette moving in an easterly direction toward New York City. It was a clear blue sky. Our home was in the town of Teaneck in northern New Jersey which is just 3 or 4 miles west of Manhattan. The cylinder was traveling in the direction of its long axis. It was blunt or squared off on both ends. It gave the impression of being at the altitude of a jetliner (Boeing 707's were just beginning to fly around 1957). But of particular interest was that the cylinder was followed by a gold colored circular object that was about one length of the cylinder to the rear. Both objects traveled in tandem. The circular object was no wider than the width of the cylinder. At first I thought it might be Sputnick and the booster that put it in orbit. Besides the fact that the round object was following the cylinder, I also knew that Sputnick was too small to be seen by the naked eye. I knew it wasn't an aircraft since it was not tapered in the front and rear and in addition there were no wings visible. Years later I read that cylindrical shaped UFO's had often been observed with disc shaped UFO's that were sometimes seen entering or leaving the cylinder UFO. I'd guess this was one of those cylinder "carrier" UFO's with an accompanying disc. It would be very interesting if others also observed this cylinder UFO in the greater NYC area in the fall of 1957. I come from a family of scientists and engineers (my dad was a MIT grad) and I love science myself so I believe I am a reasonably objective observer.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD))
I was standing in my parent's front yard in the fall of 1957 when I observed a gold colored cylinder shaped like a cigarette moving in an easterly direction toward New York City. It was a clear blue sky. Our home was in the town of Teaneck in northern New Jersey which is just 3 or 4 miles west of Manhattan. The cylinder was traveling in the direction of its long axis. It was blunt or squared off on both ends. It gave the impression of being at the altitude of a jetliner (Boeing 707's were just beginning to fly around 1957). But of particular interest was that the cylinder was followed by a gold colored circular object that was about one length of the cylinder to the rear. Both objects traveled in tandem. The circular object was no wider than the width of the cylinder. At first I thought it might be Sputnick and the booster that put it in orbit. Besides the fact that the round object was following the cylinder, I also knew that Sputnick was too small to be seen by the naked eye. I knew it wasn't an aircraft since it was not tapered in the front and rear and in addition there were no wings visible. Years later I read that cylindrical shaped UFO's had often been observed with disc shaped UFO's that were sometimes seen entering or leaving the cylinder UFO. I'd guess this was one of those cylinder "carrier" UFO's with an accompanying disc. It would be very interesting if others also observed this cylinder UFO in the greater NYC area in the fall of 1957. I come from a family of scientists and engineers (my dad was a MIT grad) and I love science myself so I believe I am a reasonably objective observer.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD))
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Teaneck
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2 minutes
40.89
-74.01
cylinder
NJ
Occurred : 11/10/1957 17:00 (Entered as : 11/10/1957 17:00) Reported: 2/22/2005 3:01:53 PM 15:01 Posted: 2/24/2005 Location: Teaneck, NJ Shape: Cylinder Duration: 2 minutes
Cylinder UFO followed by disc seen in fall of 1957 over northern New Jersey