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Case FileNARA NAID 28984232 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

6 Mi W Of Mitchel AFB, NYAugust 1959

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 6 Mi W Of Mitchel AFB, NY in August 1959. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 36.

Reported location

6 Mi W Of Mitchel AFB, NY

Date of incident

August 1959

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
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i i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
E 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
g A ! 0 Was Balloon
i 10 ‘ug 59 6 Mi VW of Mitchel AFB, IY O Probably Balloon |
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§ 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Gr” Eessily Bdiieon
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: : vi i 0 Was Aircraft
i Lo ealibct halo dios bss ties Ji 2X Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
| CMT. 23557 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O° Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE i 0 Was Astronomical
2 O Yes O Probably Astronomical |
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5 “OX No Oivilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
13 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bl Oral cata ih Le Sal
4 O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
EB i ; i. 0 Unknown
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i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
g Long streak, length of telephones pole on Concur w/rpting officer that
: ‘{ horizon, pink head w/tail when overhead. witness possibly saw a high glying
3 olor red. Long red exhioust HE dt horizon, a/c reflecting the sum.
§ short: red exhaust when overhead. Obj
[4 traveling very fast & very high w/stroight
| flight path, faded out to the SE.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984232

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