Camp Drum, New YorkSeptember 1956

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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 Camp Drum, New York in September 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 26.

Reported location

Camp Drum, New York

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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1. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
5 September 1956 Camp Drum, Ncw York 0 Probably Bolleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION WY W—
. O Was Aircroft
LY m—— “IXGround- Visual O Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aireroft
[~y PRA LCWA RT KT) A — 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intereept Redor |D Possibly Aireroft
5. P » O Was Astronomical ars
OYes O Probably Astronomicel
MD:Ne m i 1 i t ary . Po ssibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE I IE
O Insufficient Dete for Evaluation
: O Unknown
approx 2 hours one stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object cone shaped, size of dime,| Probably Mars,
color pink turning to white, obiect
faded out zradually and reappeared.
(fades and reappears)’ :
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) .
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967460

Connected across the archive

Installations

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Camp Drum Camp Drum, NY New York

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1956 1956-09-01