Islip, Long Island, New YorkSeptember 1960

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 Islip, Long Island, New York in September 1960. 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 40.

Reported location

Islip, Long Island, New York

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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1. DATE |» LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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| 3. DATZ-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SE CRW. Wah
| ” 0 Was Aivcraft |
| Local — CX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodar 00 Probably Aircraft
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| omr___US/UecU% 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |0 Possibly Airereh
| 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 5 0 Was Astronomicol
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical |
dX Neo Civilian I Possibly Astronomical

— EEN RE ONY i Ls vasa —— ee | re D ur CS
. LENGTH OF DASERYATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |3 ee BD |
| 0 insufficient Date for Evaluation |
AN Ls min AND v |o Unknown
19. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ee Pl TTY TS
» circular flashing green object with four | berece pilots rted the Aurora |
REBPR A Bade = RES dl A hm ed EAS - EET i : : |
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renely niga and southwest from observer, | There i vidence IE : Rv |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988776

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Places

Islip, Long Island, NY New York

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-09-01