Hollis Long Island, N Y, September 1957September 1957

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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 Hollis Long Island, N Y, September 1957 in September 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 28.

Reported location

Hollis Long Island, N Y, September 1957

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

i : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LGCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wos Bolloon
19 Seontemhea Q Hon ig hn or sland N IX Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ll" Possibly Beilasn
5 5 O Was Aircraft
gedit mare XBR Ground- Visual DO Ground-Rodar a Probably Abreroft
CM 19/ 19057 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rodor DO Possibly Aireroft
5. PHOTOS : . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
i QO Yes O Probobly Astronomicol
Q.No Civili 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B= Offers tain ras Silo b
i [a] Daman ciont Doto for Evaluation
y ou
3 minutes one NW od se
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round object size of basketball at Probably balloon with winds
amm's length, shiny, silver or grey, accounting for unusual speed,
looked like balloon, but speed unusual
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971672

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Hollis Long Island

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-09-01