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Case FileNARA NAID 28966266 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Mastic Aprt, Long Island, NYJuly 1956

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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 Mastic Aprt, Long Island, NY in July 1956. 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 25.

Reported location

Mastic Aprt, Long Island, NY

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
17 July 1956 Mastic Aprt,Long Islond,NY|O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Bo ness BY Bo esn
rye] Jaen TS Te RE CSE ERR 0 Ground- Visual J Ground-Rador 2 Lae
RGR ctl) ; J
omy 18/01507 |  BERjeVisval O Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 1 SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
a No | AF Pilot 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B¢ other POSSible Flurep
on= | E teil cient Data for Evaluation
SHE SAS FU py v Are A i GRAY OQ Unknown i
| 1-2 seconds "then 3 flashkés. falling | |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING {11, COMMENTS
One tear shaped object, size of a | Concur with the opinion of the
| 10% 9 fool door, green in color but | repo rting office that this
| | bisected by a white streak, Appeared | sighting was possibly caused
| | to flash off and on. Seen for 1-2 | by flares,
| seconds. Five minutes after the
dnd tial sighting. the’ pilot at 3,000 |
| $eet sighted three more green flashes,
| : ! |
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ATIC FORM 325 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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