Great Neck, N.Y., January 1958January 1958

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Great Neck, N.Y., January 1958 in January 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 31.

Reported location

Great Neck, N.Y., January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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: : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: O Was Balloon
6 Jan 5 Great Neck, N.Y. g Erakasly Balleen
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION bbadash
[SCT | SEA EER SR SE RY a Sens oo 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Alveraft
; : en6/14307Z2 [a] 220%, oF O Air Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
: 5S. PHOTOS SO E O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
¥No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
er —————————————— a ————— lad ale) ale Pe r— !
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Other_Iia EA a¥ASH.
- ftiicions Data for Eveluation |
10 mins one up NW G Vaknawn
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Lgg-shaped obj, size of basketball, rad
- vw smoke trail & whistle. Probably conventional obj
bi misinterpreted by over-active
“id : imagination of 2 youngsters,
1 Flight path indicates possible
i halleon observation & imaginatiqn
4 as to whistle & smoke connected
: | : : w/aobi. Cass considered as insufiicica
Data, Cbject obscrved for 1. minutes
throug: telescopa,
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976552

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-01-01