Tuxedo, New YorkFebruary 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 Tuxedo, New York in February 1957. The full case file (6 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 27.

Reported location

Tuxedo, New York

Date of incident

February 1957

State / country

NY / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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i : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
bE [Toate 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 2 : 0 _ Wos Bolloon |
] 15 February 1957  - | Tuxedo, New York %% Probably Balloon |
"| oATE-Tike cour 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Hn deaas bly golleen |
1 toed XG round- Vi sual O Ground-Radar 2 Fenty Rivavaks
i euy__ 16702252 1 Nievied 3 Air-Intercept Radar | D0 Possibly Aircraft |
: 3. PHOTC : ; 8. SOURCE OC Wos Astronomical
ge | OC Yes O Probably Astronomical
4 hE XXNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
"| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION & NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE SHER TE A CM EG | FO
E ; : a paul ons Data for Evaluation .
4 Cry (m} nown F !
i 123-14 one SE i parka
| io. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i ag
4 One object large star shaped, Color Very limited data, but character- |
E of star, Object moved up and down istic described are those of a f
g and fm side to side. balloon. This is confirmed by |
a : the fact that the direction of
3 : the object and the wind direction| |
i : coincide. |
Hd . ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968999

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

New York Tuxedo Tuxedo, NY

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-02-01