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Case FileNARA NAID 28971158 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

New York City, New YorkAugust 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 New York City, New York in August 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 28.

Reported location

New York City, New York

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE - : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i : i O Was Balloon
14 August 1957 New York City, New York O Probably Bolloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Belloen
¥ O Was Aircraft
re a XIX Ground- Vi sual DO Ground-Radar X XProbably Mich
GMT 14/08407 O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS SOURCE O Was Astronomical i
O Yes O Probably Astronomical |
No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomicol !
7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO i |
[=] ir sdideib oi Data for Evaluation i
: : : : o i
fifty minutes five or siz Eastward hong |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS =
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Five or six objects seen in pairs ATIC Forms 164 were sent to the |
moving across the sky in an easterly sources and the analysis of the ;
direction. Each object possessed a stepdy/ forms indicates that this :
bright light and the entire series of sighting was probably caused by I Bo
sightings lasted about fifty minutes, an a/c. The initial report :
indicates that this sighting was {
also seen on radar; however, no |
supporting evidence to this fact |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) : ag
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971158

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