Mitchel AFB, N. Y., April 1959April 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Mitchel AFB, N. Y., April 1959 in April 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

Mitchel AFB, N. Y., April 1959

Date of incident

April 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1 1. DATE 2. LOCATION ] ~ [12. CONCLUSIONS Ay |
1 {1 Was Balloon
4 ® 50 | dd ahed oo TE 0 Probably Balloon
3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION my O Possibly. Balloon
i RT VII - Dade 0 Was Aircraft
a Local Sree 01 Greund-VYisual O Ground-Radar BL pRELatINEA borat
i i CMT EDD ai ~0eD ld 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
3 5. PHOTOS 85 ISOURGERS mR Rea mi evn EET] eC AR eS Rel a al iV
: 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
E : No 37 AF O Possibly Astronomical
. 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION BUNSEN cRlCEIECT COURSE i Oi ae Ee
3 O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
o Sted LL 3 00 Unknown
pl ASCO MINS ONE Rot
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : rs Bs;
Eo +t theodolite, Size of or slightly larger, Lh Lan Venus Tio th Bro of i nl
EE Lihr, Later turned green & red and stayed Xo bhale ras watching Sh tated anu
ib FAL 1. calor until Yo a A AA 2A YY 3g = REET 4 * $a T VE oy ape oH
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i ATIC FORM 329 (RZV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983095

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1959 1959-04-01