Rochester, New YorkAugust 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 Rochester, New York in August 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

Rochester, New York

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

NY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 7 Aug 55
2. LOCATION: Rochester, New York
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes for Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown]
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank] GMT 08/0230Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: XX Ground-Visual, [unchecked] Ground-Radar, [unchecked] Air-Visual, [unchecked] Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: [unchecked] Yes, XX No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: five minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One flashing yellow light, size of an automobile seen for a period of five minutes.
11. COMMENTS: Insufficient data for evaluation.

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