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Case FileNARA NAID 28984138 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

Long Island, New YorkAugust 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 Long Island, New York in August 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

Long Island, New York

Date of incident

August 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
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E PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
4 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i U : 0 Was Bolloon
Eo 13 Aug 59 Long Island, lew York 0 Probably Balloon
b 3. DATE-TiME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ist bh ala
3 1400 . Vi 3 0 Was Aircraft
: Local Sr 0-Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircroft y
yo GMT Soe lota Hug 29 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar OC Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
iy 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
{ No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE LY Othe si be pndiopy ns Tbe ain
i O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: : 0 Unknown
a 20-30 see one =I 2
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
p Rnd, yellowish-blue obj flying very Limited info. Possible a/ Ci
1 ‘1 high. Faded out.
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a "ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984138

Connected across the archive

Craft and vessels

F-102

Places

Long Island, NYNew York

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19591959-08-01

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