Beacon, New YorkAugust 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Beacon, New York in August 1958. 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 33.

Reported location

Beacon, New York

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION wT —
O Was Aircraft
TUDO Ginniaiiimisiniininss ame xGround- Visual O Ground-Redor a Prob ly Aircraft
omr___20/0147Z O Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
5. ‘PHOTOS . ODO Was Astronomical
- Q Yes O Probably Astronomical
XT No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BR ——
fx Insufficient Doto for Evaluation
; O Unknown
60-90 secs one East to Wes
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1%. COMMENTS :
Rnd, blue-white obj, four to seven Strong possibility of a/c
times larger than Sputnik. Had sighting; however, data such
. straight course, as distance of travel missing,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2)
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L Sn sc eo — ——— 2 |

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979522

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Places

Beacon, NY New York

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-08-01