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Case FileNARA NAID 28962014 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Syracuse, New YorkMay 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 Syracuse, New York in May 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 23.

Reported location

Syracuse, New York

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

NY / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
8] is Eh |
14 May 1965 Svra cuse New Vork 0 robably Balloon
| 3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ox ossibly Balloen
ET RAN RR R:Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Alrerofe
| omT__ 15/02 S07 : 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes DO Probably Aidtsirdsdb
] IX No Civilian (AF Reserve) wh penny Senne
] 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE OV coi ibid
; 0 Insufficient Doro for Evaluation
: ; 8 Sha QO Unknown
: few minutes/still visible one Southwest : |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
] One small reddish object observed Possibly balloon, Description
1 for several minutes to drift towards of sighting in conjunction with
g the Southwest, Undulating. Initial indicated wind conditions and
! observation at zenith, known times for release of
weather balloons strongly sug-
gests that sighting caused by
5 a balloon.
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962014

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

New YorkSyracuseSyracuse, NY

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-05-01

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