Aviation encounter — Schenectady, New York — 1956-04-08

An American Airlines Convair pilot and first officer reported an aerial observation at or near Schenectady, New York on 8 April 1956. The account reports that a white light hovered and disappeared at high speed. Ground radar observations were also recorded. Source: Dominique F. Weinstein, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: Eighty Years of Pilot Sightings (NARCAP TR-04, February2001), PDF page32, table row4.