Griffiss AFB, New YorkDecember 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 Griffiss AFB, New York in December 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 31.

Reported location

Griffiss AFB, New York

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

Ed | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
Ee CE COL Te SB CE ER A SE
\. DATE I LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
QO Was Balloon
5 December 1957 riffiss AFB, New York 0 Probably Balloon
| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly. Rotlesn.
Local 1954 BST | aGrownd-Visud © Ground-Reder BC Probably Alrerels |
oMT__06/00542 0 AirVisval 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . Y) O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probobly Astronomical
a \ 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BORE es ai
O Insufficiant Date for Evaluation
% 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS f
Object appeared to have length, Did Sputnik ruled out. Although’
not twinkle, but its brilliance flu- |observer indicatdd object did mot
ctuated slightly, The color was off- [resemble a/c the flight path,
white or yellowish, appeared to move [speed, duration of sighting and :
very fast, No sound. The object appear-// description indicate this :
ed to be very distant and did not com probability.
pare at all with a/c sightings in he
area at the time,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BEP 82) 6
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975757

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Installations

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Places

Griffiss AFB, NY New York

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-12-01