B737 flight crew report a near midair collision with a glider over sweet intersection at 7;000 feet.

Attributes
ACN	1173647
Time
Date	201405
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZNY.ARTCC
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Sail Plane
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 170 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 1000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 155 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 8000
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 350 Vertical 150

Narrative:

Cleared to descend to cross sweet at 7;000. Aircraft in front of us reported a glider to ATC. Upon reaching sweet; glider was spotted just north of our position.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew report a NMAC with a glider over SWEET intersection at 7;000 feet.

Narrative: Cleared to descend to cross SWEET at 7;000. Aircraft in front of us reported a glider to ATC. Upon reaching SWEET; glider was spotted just north of our position.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.