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Case FileNARA NAID 28974239 · T1206 Roll 30

Project Blue Book Case File

Merrick Long Island, NYNovember 1957

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 Merrick Long Island, NY in November 1957. The full case file (6 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 30.

Reported location

Merrick Long Island, NY

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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Yi ot 3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD oa? gy
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wes Balloon
ember 195 Merri land, NY | Ait 4 ot
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION RY
0 Wes Aircroft
; TE SOD T—— BGround- Visvel O Ground-Rodor O Probably Airerafy
emt 08/1510% O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aireralt
S.. PHOTOS . O Was Astronomicel
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomicel
0 Ne : i O Possibly Astronomical ‘
} Ls
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE JEP TREO CT A
O Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
A x 3)nknown
not given not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING § 1. COMMENTS
| Three and a half foot long bar, bluisl Unidentified. ;
with a swishing sound, Instantaneous
| blue flash,
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) Fast :
E. Ede SR ll fc LO TAR A Br eS i RL ER eo TOTO RR JO Cou ene % A REE 2
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28974239

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