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Case FileNARA NAID 28985364 · T1206 Roll 37

Project Blue Book Case File

Garden City, New YorkNovember 1959

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 Garden City, New York in November 1959. The full case file (6 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 37.

Reported location

Garden City, New York

Date of incident

November 1959

State / country

NY / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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i 3 Weos Balloon
12 lov R29 Garden City, New York Fed a Probably Dalian
"3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Fh neswlly Belioon
: Was Ai
ga 8 Ground-Visual QO Ground-Radar 8 Bichibly Alserats
i i oMT____ 12/=22407Z i 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireroft
2 "5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
: 0 No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
4 | 7. LENGTH OF OBSSRVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE pe A 2 RA
i d 0 Insufficient Dara for Evaluation
i | i 0 Unknown
| REEVE RA SE ROSNER Ue) + (NSO SIS Cra RE ©) 7, yk Te) «AG INGRDE ¥ A
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
9 Cb) in E or NE at 20° elev climbing erratical Movement coincides w/that expected
: irregular movement. Color yellowich white or O¥a balloon. Garden City is-to the
5 thite. Occasional bluish or green light £m the West ¥itchell AFB (about 10 mi) Ob]
obj. Climbed to about 30° in 3 mins. Ten mins] was probably a ballocn released fm this
F later the obj was 40-45° elev still climbing. | station. |
y ¥o sound, trail, or exhaust.
: "ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985364

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