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Case FileNARA NAID 28983910 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

Henderson, New YorkJuly 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 Henderson, New York in July 1959. 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 36.

Reported location

Henderson, New York

Date of incident

July 1959

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
2 ; ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
7 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i 0 Was Balloon
= 03. ak:59 Henderson, New York CX: Probably Balloon
§ 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION a’ Possitly Balloon
£ ope : 0 Was Aircraft
| Local rs ¥:Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
GMT _c</ 01307 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
8 S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
E O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
4 a No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
I 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [© JAE 0 { {| pra Eriices Pala br ER SS
Ee O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
E \ 0 Unknown
2 45 mins one ~
. 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Bi
E Cylindrical obj, size of a baseball bat, Winds aloft were 10 knots. Move-
fe Jwhite, reflecting the sun, observed to be ment & appearance indicate balloon
4 in a vertical position, slow moving & orbit sighting.
E ing. Faded fm sight after 4% min cohservation,
4 r
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; ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983910

Connected across the archive

Installations

Fort Belvoir

Places

Henderson, NYNew York

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19591959-07-01

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