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Case FileNARA NAID 28975181 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

Middletown, New YorkNovember 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 Middletown, New York in November 1957. 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 31.

Reported location

Middletown, New York

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION bs, CONCLUSIONS oo
xl 3 ! a 2 rN Vos Balloon :
__ 23 November 1957 Middletown, New York ~~ |D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolioon
SFr RY i 0 Was Aircraft
(Seal Co . :3{Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar CX XProbably Aircraft
CMT 23/234372 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircroft
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5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
; Q Yes DO Probably Astronomical {
£0 No 3 Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BORER TT ed
0 Psiteic ony Data for Evaluation
(0) nknown vy
~ |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round object, white glow in center The exhaust of a jet would take
with orange outer rim. Heading south on this characteristic. Probably
made an abrupt turn to east and a/c;
: disappeared, |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975181

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