Cape May, New Jersey, November 1956May 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 Cape May, New Jersey, November 1956 in May 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

Cape May, New Jersey, November 1956

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

? / XX

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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i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS | |
| O Was Balloon
O Probably Balloon |
! 3. DATE-TIME GROUP a TYPO ORSERTATION TRINNY Woven |
BIE i — XXGround- Visual O Ground-Radar Ss Pretaits Svordly |
our 19/0610Z 10Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | © Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . x xWas Astronomicol

DO Yes O Probably Astronomical :
BXo Military OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD i Daihen ioniapesbtionss
0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
0 Unknown
ten to fifteen meconds one NE to SW :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : :
One large blue fire ball, 20 feet in Description, durati
diameter or the size of a volleyball a path a py Sib ot gd Hho i
ppearanc
alf a mile, Object left a bluish trail. indicate sighting was caused b
Dbject left, or there was, an undescrib- a meteor, y
able odor in the air unlike ozone burn
ing. Object moved high and fast, Objec :
vas seen in a trajectory arc NE to SW,
Dbject disappeared into woods at visible
range after having been seen for 10 to
15 seconds,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
, : : : .
3 fi E00 A CE A AR 0 bbb CERES, FER CS CORY RA ND ERED FRE

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968430

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1956 1956-11-01