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Case FileNARA NAID 28963516 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

New York City, New YorkSeptember 1955

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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 September 1955. The full case file (5 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 24.

Reported location

New York City, New York

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

NY / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
i : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 5h

i 1. DATE 2 BOGATION: 110 Weim 2 ou Th 173, CONCLUSIONS: |

£ 4 Sen 55 New York City, New York 0 Was Balloon

i = el Go 0 Probably Balloon

| DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Bc Gly

| fe ER a X) Ground-Visual DO Ground-Radar a ual
e cmT_05/0155Z : 0 Air-Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar B Possibly Aircralt

3 5. PHOTOS » SOURCE O Was Astronomical

El. 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical

i 3 No civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical

r 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [a [3#8(0] 1,1 {Ca Sa Sh CHE EE
z [n] in sotiicren) Dota for Evaluation
© | 30 - 90 seconds 1 Directly North'|”~ “™"*"

= [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS :

: Numerous air craft in area at time of

E One round obj, with concave surface, yellow, sighting. Flew at constant alt and

i spinning and appearing translucent. Obj at speed of conventional aircraft.

© | moved directly north at a constant alt and at Possible a/c.

|. | a speed of conventional or jet a/c.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963516

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