New York City, New YorkJuly 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 July 1957. The full case file (3 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

July 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
16 July 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___________
GMT 1840/902

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
One minute

2. LOCATION
New York City, New York

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual / Ground-Radar
Air-Visual / Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Three

9. COURSE
Southerly

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other_________
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Three star like yellow-white objects the size of a medium sized star. Objs moved in a straight line straight South and were seen visually for one minute.

11. COMMENTS
Concur with Reporting Officer that this sighting was probably caused by an aircraft in flight.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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