Pulp Magazine Cover, March 1950

This issue contains a UFO sighting report formatted as an official military memo. The document describes an observation made on March 17, 1950, over Long Island by a woman driving from Northport to New York City. At 9:50 a.m., she witnessed what initially appeared to be sky-writing smoke at high altitude. As the object descended slowly, she noted its shape resembled a tennis ball, then changed to two plates placed face-to-face. The craft proceeded westward without significant altitude change and remained visible for approximately ten minutes. The observer, whose husband is an aeronautical engineer, explicitly stated the object was not a conventional jet, propeller aircraft, balloon, or parachute. She expressed her intention to keep the sighting unreported to news agencies.