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Case FileNARA NAID 28961950 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Yonkers, 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 Yonkers, 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

Yonkers, 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
0 Ely Bll
i f 129% Yonk: . es [23 8] fo Q Y altioon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 2 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon |
Local TT 6X Ground: Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Beabalyy Alreroft
omy 12702202 0 Air-Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar XX Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS — 16. SOURCE — "lo Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
xbe Civ ilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE o, Other
. 0 ' Insufficient Data for Evaluation
; : 0 Unknown
9) seconds —— RE anti]
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
J Round. Larger than any star visible. possibly after burner of jet
; nrilliant white. Object faded out a/c.
1 after 20 seconds. ALE
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961950

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

New YorkYonkersYonkers, NY

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-05-01

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