Floyd Bennett Nas., New YorkJune 1957

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Floyd Bennett Nas., New York in June 1957. 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 28.

Reported location

Floyd Bennett Nas., New York

Date of incident

June 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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) | I. DATE * LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 0" "Was Balloon
4 | 20 June 1957 Flovd Bennett Nas, New York |O Probobly Balloon
: | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP E TYPE OF OBSERVATION —|9 Possibly Balloon
r . RY = 0 Was Aircrafy
; | ET eR RR Lr Et | 0 °Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Raodar 8 Prabalily Aivsrets
4 i ch 24 0 FAR BC A 1 ARERR DS 0 Air-Visual D Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
E 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
¢ 0 Yes O Probobly Astronomical
3 0 Ne Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Boh
i steady 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
E a : Ee 5 LICR . {0 Unknown
£4 50 to 60 seconds one fest to East
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
1 Object eliptical, size of basketball, | Rawinsondaballoon released from
EF color silver, steady course W to E, near by and still visible at &ime
4 disappeared due to sky conditions, of sighting.
g bv | ‘
3 | | LER SEA SE
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 32P 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970297

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Floyd Bennett Nas.Floyd Bennett Nas., NY New York

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-06-01