Knox, New YorkAugust 1962

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 Knox, New York in August 1962. The full case file (5 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 46.

Reported location

Knox, New York

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

NY / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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‘ ~ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | :
: T. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS | i
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0 Was Balloon |
Ld Aina dE 1089 LL Rnox, New X S11 ke 0 Probably Balloon |
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“3. DATE-TIME GROUP * TYPE OF OBSERVATION ARS bo fei
Hp % 0 Was Aircraft
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Locul ERR ri hg he sual G Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircroft
CMT LZ / 03807 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercapt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTGCS 4. SOURCE Q ~ Was Astronomical 11 Lo
Yes : O Probably Astronomical :
a Ne Fa A Re 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH CF CRSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF CBJECTS | 9. COURSE i EHR EN RR Rar TA A
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
| Li a { 0 Urknown
9 hrs one WeSL,/ alsing
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
$f Undefined blurred obj, amber, 1in Planet npiter in position rptd .
silt TOF 2 hrs, at which time it Distortion & disappearance due
rose vertically & disappeared Im to atmospheric ynditions, Case
: sight by dimming out, val ed as vnlanet Jupitezr,
| ATIC FORM 329 {REV 25 SEP 52)
- 0 NS 55 50 sd A 5 tm a TT
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28998574

Connected across the archive

Installations

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Places

Knox, NY New York

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-08-01