Elmont, New YorkJuly 1958

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 Elmont, New York in July 1958. 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 33.

Reported location

Elmont, New York

Date of incident

July 1958

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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2 1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

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& 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION a ic

1 ) * O Was Aircraft

Local ————————————— XX Ground Vi sual a Ground Rador (um) Probably Ai reraft

omM7. 20701257 (0 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft

S. PHOTOS o O Was Astronomical |
$ 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
: No Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical

3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BIN siping

j a 8 1b anh Data for Evaluation

: nown

| 7 mins none SW to NE

| : 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS

1 white obj which looked like moving Insufficient Data, |
# star, slower than a plane.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979111

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Places

Elmont, NY New York

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-07-01