Long Island Sound, New YorkJune 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 Long Island Sound, New York in June 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 38.

Reported location

Long Island Sound, New York

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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SR: ’ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: O Was Balloon
25 Jun 60 Long Island Sound, New York 0 Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. EYWRY Wn |
Local Wa © RENE - X39 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Redar 2 ty Mir rels |
GMT 26/02002 0 AirVisal O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE a] Be gir =
a] o a stronomic
ig Civilian a] Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOO iscsi
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
6-8 min one S-NE rtng S 0 Unknown |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS : |
Star-like object with rapid speed, appeared to| Information is very limited in nature, |
make a hairpin turn returning on same course however most probably a high flying a/c.
with no apparent slackening in speed. White in
color with brightness of lst magnitude star.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987387

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Places

Long Island Sound, NY New York

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-06-01