“Flying Saucer Reported Over Ballston Lake”,
4 September 1959 (Schenectady Gazette, New York)
Several Ballston Lake, New York residents sighted a self-luminous UFO over the town on 3 September 1959, according to the article:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mW0tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w4kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6124,614611
Quote from the article:
“Ernest Root of Ballston Lake said that the saucer would track a circular motion, stop for a moment, and then shoot off in one direction ‘faster than a jet ever thought of going.’ ”
The town of Ballston Lake is situated at the south end of the lake of the same name.
Ballston Lake is 5.2 kilometres (3.2 miles) long.
Aerial view of Ballston Lake, New York
(travel.webshots.com photo)