The Great UFO Wave:
October, 1973

Niskayuna, N.Y.
Oct. 1973

A woman and her two sons saw a brightly lighted object out of her kitchen window on Consaul Rd.

source:
Schenectady Gazette

Chatham, N.Y.
Oct. 1973

A police officer and over a dozen other witnesses watched six objects shaped like verticle carrots. The sighting lasted for more than an hour.

source:
Schenectady Gazette

Troy, N.Y.
Oct. 1973

Four witnesses saw a UFO hover, rotate, and buzz off over the city. One witness said that the object was greenish, and when it stopped, it turned white. It had made a buzzing noise.

source:
Schenectady Gazette

Cohoes, N.Y.
Oct. 1973

Witnesses were said to have seen brightly orange objects that appeared to have landed in a field behind the Manor Ave. housing project. One object was said to be yellow, gave off a red glow and had black stripes. One girl was said to have screamed. And then it started to go away, as if at the sound of the scream.

source:
Albany Times Union

Nassau, N,Y.
Fall of 1973

About 9:00 p.m. a man and his wife were returning home from their camp on Burden Lake when they noticed an object across the lake moving back and forth, starting and stopping and continued using right angle cuts. Then it vanished. They drove approximately three fourths a mile on Lake Shor Drive when a bluish light came across the windshield. They stopped and the man got out and looked up and saw blue and white lights around his car. His wife was afraid to get out of the car and look up.

There was no force, no sound, and no heat, just a circular objects about the size of three car widths in size above the trees. The lights were not blinding and the white lights were rectangular. He did notice that the lights were definitely moving in a circular motion. The sighting lasted only about 60 seconds. The blue lights went out and the white lights were no longer rectangular in shape. In a matter of seconds the object went straight up and angle to the right. The speed was incredible. source: MUFON investigation