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Case FileNARA NAID 28969525 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Bradley Beach, New JerseyApril 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 Bradley Beach, New Jersey in April 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 27.

Reported location

Bradley Beach, New Jersey

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
nn PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION [12 concLusions Se |
0 Wos Bltoon
April G57 Iyer ov _Baac! Hay dr aay 0 Probably Bolioon
— 11 April 190 TER adloy Baach ow _Jorsey 0 Possibly Balloon i
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP ¢ 4, TYPE OF OBSERVATION pA
Local Ee SEX Ground- Vi sual DO Ground-Radar o Say Aah
GMT 1L1/07457 AGEL 0 Air-Visuai D Air-Intsrcept Radar 3° Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0D Probably Astronomical
TX Ne Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
| 7” LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (63 Prado) far Y REE tee Ses pV ENR ORY .
OD Insufficisnt Data for Evaluation
i 2% ; i 0 Unknown
3-4 minutes oue North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object round, size unknown, color comments of officer submitting
yellow light, Object going away to rpt that hhis sighting was an
North slowly a/c. §
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP $52)
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