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Case FileNARA NAID 28964924 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Brooklyn, New YorkFebruary 1956

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 Brooklyn, New York in February 1956. The full case file (5 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 24.

Reported location

Brooklyn, New York

Date of incident

February 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
La PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Do |
4 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Balloon
i] 23 February 1956 Brooklyn, New York O Probably Balloon
i _— =) IO Possibly Balloon
. 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
E Local 2000 ~~ XXBround- Visual O Ground-Radar i Probably Alveraft
E GMT 24/0100Z ; 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft }
a 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE O Was Astronomical 3 !
E O Yes O Probably Astronomical
% a O Possibly Astronomical |
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE. BOER sae ns
b / O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
He 0O Unknown
BE not reported one maneuvered :
EE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
& Witness heard noise like a/c in REport from city of New Ya k.
E trougle, Looked up and saw flying Probably misinterpretation of
& saucer described as round, blue fluo- conventional a/c, Maneuvers
E rescent lighted object heading in the and general description indi- |
EB direction of Idlewild Airport. Object cate a/c sighting.
| 3 circled the airport and then headed :
FE in the direction of lower New York,
3 4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 5 |
E . ;
EF
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964924

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