Wantagh, Long Island, N.Y., March 1958March 1958

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 Wantagh, Long Island, N.Y., March 1958 in March 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Wantagh, Long Island, N.Y., March 1958

Date of incident

March 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| TCL Sn ENE "3 LOCATION Te 172. CONCLUSIONS
io Was Balloon {
72 BT - | vantagn, Tone J sland ) {1 Probably Balleon
Ce Ae CR TA Qos A Lp EC \Q) Possibly Bdl
3. DATE-TIME GROUP bs YPE OF OBSERVATION I : tl
; AA Bi 3 : Rad Hn SCE Aircraft
TR RE en fy Sle RL 1 Ground- Visual {1 Ground-Rodar |o Probably Aircraft
n= /21507 J : 0 Possibly Aircraf
GM po MI | 0 Air Visual 00 Air-intercep!t Radar | Possibly Aircrart
5. PHOTOS Ee SOURCE {go Was Astronomical
A CO Yes | O Probably Astronomical
x No Fe ivi ian I= Possibly Astronomical |
: Ems ee $e LEAR EEE rr es a
: LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | %- COURSE \o Rs TB ee
5 | 0 “Insufficient Data for Evaluation i
ie Unknown !
& ~ 10 "TTY ER “no at at 1 AN .-
GE BE uc Pir  E Descpe FREES Te dA]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING hn. "COMMENTS 3 TE
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: two parts a5 1 vanished. | as insuff icient da Cas
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977373

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-03-01