Hicksville, N.Y., March 1959March 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 Hicksville, N.Y., March 1959 in March 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 35.

Reported location

Hicksville, N.Y., March 1959

Date of incident

March 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

| | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
EE CT S—————
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
Seni TT RRR § TT BRT TT SCO fl “ive <A or
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION RY
a. : x 0 Was Aircraft
RRS HOUT — - 3 Ground-Visvol 0 Ground-Rador Q Probably Aircraft
CMT 02 /01007, , 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercapt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS - SOURCE 0: Was Astronomical |.
O Yes DO Probably Astronomical
O No Cdvilion 00 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE EDU coisas Ee
DO Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown -
ETRINEY © W ON vestoerly
10. BRIE® SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: Stor shaped obj, size of lemon, Color A check w/the star churts for this
bright white, then turned reddish as it dote was made & it was determined Tinh
faded. the planet Mars was in location giveo:
by source,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SXP 32)
[J
fi pt J SR a ie ah Ss Sas ae sos ln cs Re PEST AE LR SRE

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28982431

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-03-01