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Case FileNARA NAID 28971101 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Pawling, New York Balmville NY, August 1957August 1957

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Summary

On August 23, 1957, a resident of Pawling, New York saw a round object in the sky with something extended underneath it. The witness described the object as looking like a dime when held at arm's length. It moved from north to northeast and remained visible for about ten minutes before fading into clouds.

The Air Force investigated the sighting as part of Project Blue Book. According to the case file, officials considered the possibility that the witness had observed a weather balloon. The file notes a possible weather balloon sighting on the same date, though the OCR quality makes it difficult to determine whether investigators concluded the two sightings were the same object.

No clear final determination appears in the available portions of the case file. The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, comprising 8 pages.

Reported location

Pawling, New York Balmville NY, August 1957

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

8 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 8
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION : [12 concLusions
J : ; : LL (Was Ballcon
§ August 1857 D vwling, Ne {for} i ivillielOo Probably Bellon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 2 TYPE OF OBSERVATION NTO Possibly Belleen
Ral i a OX Ground- Visuel 0 Ground-Rador Is Was Aircraft
TS 7 1 : 2 Probably Aircraft
GMT 30/3 = | GO AirVisuol 0 Air-Intercept Rodar |@ *ossibly Aircroft !
S. PROTOS | 8 SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
i O Yes | UO Probably Astronomical
 @Ne | Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ofA oC EA is a
| h <% O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
AS ; : : | bw = {0 Unknown
still in sight at time of rpt one ea EZ, N to NE |
: . BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGNTING (11. COMMENTS Se BE
3 i. On= obhiect round, size unknown, | Probable yn sighting, | .
lor insparent w/scmething extended
Sehr bay {
underneath. i
i a dime at ar s lenzth,., Object moved |
fro N to NE and wa in sigh for 10 |
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ATIC FORM 229 (REV 25 SEP 32)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971101

Connected across the archive

Organizations

Project Blue Book

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Pawling

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-08-01

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