Wantagh, Long Island/NY, November 1958November 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/NY, November 1958 in November 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 34.

Reported location

Wantagh, Long Island/NY, November 1958

Date of incident

November 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ol
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wes Balloon
AU Novenbar 195: pt Wantac SPREE a) fo na 1c ; a] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1B Possibly Balloon
Vs BR. 0 Was Aircroft
Local — 0 Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircrafs
OEE ol IM Sif Dh Q Air-Visual [®] Air-Intercop? Radar u Possibly Aircrafs
5. PROToE. ——————————————_ | OU AirV Ember SN TT SORT adap
5. PHOTOS | 8. SOURCE J. Was Astronomical meteor
QC Yes 0 Probably Astronsmical
pA dd 1a No 5 : IE Pd j in O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF CASERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE a CIRM PE Es Sol i a
B Insufficient Data for Evaluation
D Unknown
SERARD" 1 6 I Vo 0 0 4 Va Sm aie egy Hii
eee Beh Ta BC De
10. BRIGF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 1. COMMENTS
Pale oranve flam y 81zZe of dima at Probahl: ieteor,
| apex of flame, long trail of orange
| gitlckly faded out to W st
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
iF 5 Soanpilid Ais Si SABA KE Soi ba Raa a A i

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28980972

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-11-01