Cornwall, New YorkJune 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 Cornwall, New York in June 1956. The full case file (3 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

Cornwall, New York

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
6 June 1956

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
[illegible]
GMT 07/0255Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
2 mins each observation

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Seven objects, round white, size of dime at arms length, seen at regular intervals for two minutes at lights observed. The objects were very high.

2. LOCATION
Cornwall, New York

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
seven

9. COURSE
unknown

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Scattered high clouds. Five B-47's in area on photo mission. This sighting was undoubtedly generated by the aforementioned B-47's. The scattered clouds would give the impression of more than five aircraft.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965816

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People

1/LT Thomas S Hcklor

Organizations

CMDR EADT STEWART AFB

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Craft and vessels

B-47