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Case FileNARA NAID 28971444 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Annadale-on-Hudson, New YorkAugust 1957

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 Annadale-on-Hudson, New York in August 1957. 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 28.

Reported location

Annadale-on-Hudson, New York

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
E 7 : : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
boi BE BOL 0 CL SU BSLV SE LB OE RCO UI Ee
|). DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ’
3 0 Vas Balloon
- 27 August 1957 Annadale-on-Hudson, New YorkfO< Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Ballon
3 Local VIR 1 SRE is Ground- Visual D Ground-Radar Q VWos Aircraft
3 150 x Scope O Probably Aircraft
3 GMT 27/23457 O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | © Possibly Aircraft
4 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE ; DO Was Astronomical
3 O Yes O Probably Astronomical
3 Shae Re [SR ThE Ne SD SO O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BON
4 DO Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
8 5 : OD Unknown
3 2 2 one not given
~ [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
A A very large, heart shaped object, Some of the new WX balloons have
1} burnished copper in color with a lights attached to them. When seen
i light under it/was sighted 30 dgr at time given, they would have (will)
to 40 dgr above the horizon to the look like different shades of red.
b North, A balloon was probably released
E at Bridgeport, Conn. Airport just
4 prior to reported sighting.
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) iE
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