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Case FileNARA NAID 28972706 · T1206 Roll 29

Project Blue Book Case File

Asbury Park, New JerseyNovember 1957

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Asbury Park, New Jersey in November 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 29.

Reported location

Asbury Park, New Jersey

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
bY Ab aw RYU, ETAT APR FRR 9-98) CROAT ETINIIE Fira v1 yep sv PRR SRT TRY AN RASA WI (SLE Dilip pig or poy Y ‘
: ve PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE y 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
DX Wos Bolloon
2 Naovembar 1957 Asbury Park, New Jersey BO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 6 VPeusitly Darien |
sr Vi w O Was Aircraft
II ia cin dbiiisiinsosenity #8 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodor O Probably Aircraft |
my 92 Ny rv .
DHONI O Air Visuvol O Air-intercep? Rodor DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : « SOURCE O Was Astronomical
QO Yes O Probably Astronomical
Ne Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OB3ERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CE aR RT AN
O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
ang) : m3 0 Unknown
oU minutes one DL :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Blue-white object, appearance of Venus Description & flight path are inj"
slight halo at times. Appeared & reap- accordance with the direction
peared, moved irregularly in SE directjon.// of the wind. The color is
that of a balloon seen at dusk,
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972706

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