Hampstead, N. Y., June 1959June 1959

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 Hampstead, N. Y., June 1959 in June 1959. The full case file (3 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 36.

Reported location

Hampstead, N. Y., June 1959

Date of incident

June 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
2. LOCATION
12. CONCLUSIONS
[illegible] Was Balloon
[] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon

2. DATE-TIME GROUP
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[] Was Aircraft
Local ___
[] Ground-Visual [] Ground-Radar [] Probably Aircraft
GMT ___
[] Air-Visual [] Air-Intercept Radar [] Possibly Aircraft

5. PHOTOS
6. SOURCE
[] Was Astronomical
[] Yes
[illegible]
[] Probably Astronomical
[] No
[] Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
9. COURSE
[] Other ___
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
11. COMMENTS
[illegible] Reddish orange twell. [illegible] of ten miles. [illegible] that old time probably a high flying jet [illegible]. Reddish orange twell.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983382

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Places

Hampstead

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-06-01