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Case FileNARA NAID 28961231 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

New York City, New YorkFebruary 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 New York City, New York in February 1955. 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 22.

Reported location

New York City, New York

Date of incident

February 1955

State / country

NY / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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1 1; DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS f
i | 0 Was Balloon
| 14 February 1955 New York City, New York 0 Probably Bolloon
i BATTING U4 YYPR DN OBSERVATION {B® Teselbly Batleen
1 BT RE an RE ER St ea SR BRE Sak Xi5Ground-Yisual 0 Ground-Radar a Frc RROD
@ Bud © IRsRSaey 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
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3 Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
E £3 No | Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION aaa 3 COURSE ax, Othersicarchliocht
4 CO Insufficient Data for Evaluction
By O Unknown
PUERTO TE RG MRR | RRR ARE 1 1 RSS RE ER EO
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 Oval shape, Three sightings of same Info rec'd fm New Yook City
> object. Yellow, considerable brighter on indicates powerful searchlights
4 third sighting than on first/ two have been in use lately in &
§ sightings, Irratic movements. around the city. ATIC concurs
7 in reporting officer's evalua.
tion that sighting was caused
E by searchlight reflections
i off of haze and/or low cloud
gE layers,
i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961231

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