Munday, New YorkMay 1955

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 Munday, New York in May 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

Munday, New York

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

: :
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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
11 May 19585 Munday, Naw York (0 Probably Balloon
RT TY TT RE EE TT NRT TE j ——=1 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |
Local grr ¥MGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft |
) GMT. 12/03157Z wa D Air-Vi sual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE (XXWas AstronomicalJUDLter
; O Yes O Probably Astronomical
XT No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE DY
: 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation ,
: : 0 Unknown
J 45 minutes to 1 hour one |_Northwest
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
7 Multi-wing shapa, Bright red, green Jupiter in position reported,
and white, Vertical lights, motion- Object characteristic of
| less, then slow rocking motion. | astronomical sighting.
Case evaluated as Planet, Jupiter.
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
Br 00 a i a i a

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961956

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Munday Munday, NY New York

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-05-01