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Case FileNARA NAID 28966154 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Brooklyn, New YorkJuly 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 July 1956. 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 25.

Reported location

Brooklyn, New York

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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BE BH PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i
; 0 Was Balloon ‘
11 July 1956 Brooklyn, New York 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 7 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
) IK Was Ai fe
EE ; ]
Locol R3Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft |
GMT 12/ 02052 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar [+ Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE <3. Was Astronomical |
i O Yes tt) Probably Astronomical
] «& No civilian Teenagers 0 Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9- COURSE 0. Othet— ————————
0’ Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
0 Unknown
1 alo S j ver £
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
gix star-like objects, white in color} Concur with the opinion of the
in trail formation in pairs. After preparing officer (who taked
objects disappeared there was 2a flash| with the observers) that this
of light for three seconds to the sighting caused by three jet
east. (F86D) practicing intercepts
in the area of the sighting at
! | the time of the sighting.
i J > a x. ® {
: |
5
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
9 ’ -& /
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966154

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

BrooklynBrooklyn, NYNew York

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-07-01

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