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Case FileNARA NAID 28970595 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Trenton, New JerseyJuly 1957

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 Trenton, New Jersey 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

Trenton, New Jersey

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
: 30 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; aegis ees 0 Wos Balloon
Leddy 1997 Trenton, New Jersey O Probably Bolleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION atessiDy Dae.
3 + : F 0 Vas Aircraft
1 LE ———— 3X Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar BX Probably Airereft
i CMT 17/1937 Z 0 Air Visual O Air-Intarcapt Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft |
; 5. PHOTOS 5. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
E O Yes - |8O Probably Astronomical
; “0% No Civilian (CAP) 0 Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B- Other iaiieiin
i O Insufficient Date for Evaluatis
- : a Fer 18 Unknown
ten minutes one NE to SE to NE
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 One circular object the size of the Description, duration, flijht
1 head of a pin at arm's length. Bright| path indicate that this sighting
4 flashing lights were noted on object.| was probably caused by an air
; Object flew from NE to SE and back to| craft.
| NE and faded from view after having
1 9zen seen visually for ten minutes.
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
1 s :
E/ :
3 - ; ~
RE RRR RRR EEE EEE
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