Copake, New YorkNovember 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 Copake, New York in November 1956. The full case file (2 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

Copake, New York

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 6 November 1956
2. LOCATION: Copake, New York
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, [X] Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local
GMT 06/2140Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE: Civilian

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: fifteen minutes

8. [illegible]

9. COURSE: unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One red and yellow eggshaped object with tail. Object flew out of sight after having been observed visually for 15 minutes.

11. COMMENTS: Description and duration of sighting indicate cause was probably aircraft.

ATIG FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 51)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968205

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People

WILLIAM A SKULL

Organizations

2STH AD ROSLYN AFS 4572TH GROUND OBSERVER CORP 56TH ACRON SARATOGA SPRINGS AFSTA ADC ENT AFB COLO

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Copake Copake, New York Copake, NY New York