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Case FileNARA NAID 28970600 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

New York, 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, New York in July 1957. 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 28.

Reported location

New York, New York

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
; - N PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
7). DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; 0 Was Balloon
17 July 18907 New York, New Yak O Probably Balioon
4 RS oth SE, Poe amd” PIRI) chy, ORR SERENE EINER] IEE A Bo Bh) AEE Ste loncbR 1A TA Bo BAA SEESH Merson LIRR SRS GR Ba RSE EIA RA Ne) .
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon _
15623 EST : 3 0 Was Aircraft
Ep Eee LEARY fe SR TO Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircroft
: CMT 17 /2023 Z O Air Visual 0 Air-intercept Radar O Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
E O Yes O Probably Astronomical
: Ne Civilian Clerk O Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE HON en
i DC Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: iess 1 minute ona nto Ww 0 Unknown
Sc |
4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
A circular, flat, white object the Insufficient data for analgsis,
4 size of a basketball held at arms length
3 sighted 45 dgr above horison.
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 3EP 52)
4 2 : : :
E is :
CE Tp I ET rr
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970600

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