DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6310148
DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1952
REPORTED LOCATIONMitchell AFB N Y
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AF FORM 112—PARTI
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
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AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ‘A
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cnrse (3) miles $0 stheass 9.0 Vatehe? Picle nesed ag uxacocvertioml oo23cs >etween
is airerass and Igtchel Piold at am altitude soceerine co be comiverably lower then
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igs When she obpot apposared to Sarna, Ls fei tend (270 chase but iS sucued +o
clude him at a hich sate oF speed a:ui clims, outdistaning him until it cisappeared
anpramimatvely two and ons hal? mimtes inter,
AS O960 25T, Le dé Re Zeitvoral Pl-t=: 2 lavy TMM at 46000 gd acors sirately
Significance: The object wes ina limited measure comparable to a belloon,
& Dalicon was released at anoroximatel:; this time, ani sho notion appar ors Mi em
Wa Qisborns objcctsis extrenely dsqontive. an liou o? more precise ini'crmation,
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ANRCRAFT SIGHTS STRANGE OBJECT IN THE VICINITY OF WITCHEL FIELD,
WX AT O930 E SKY CLEAR VS8Y 10 MILES TEMP 29 DEW PT. 10
WiND WNW iS GUSTS TO 26 ALTIMETER SET 30,22
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O955E V 3894 TBM (BASED AT HEM) REPORTED THAT HE HAD SIGHTED
AN OBJECT EAST OF MITCHEL FIELD, AT SEVERAL HUNDRED FT,
ALTITUDE, SPEED APPROX 400 KNOTS. THE TOWER PERSONNEL
ON DUTY DID NOT SEE THE OBJECT WHICH THE PILOT REFERRED
TO.
1008 THE PILOT OF V3894 TBM GAVE A FURTHER DISCRIPTION OF S
THE OBJECT AS FOLLOWS? * ROUNDy.VERY LIGHT IN COLOR, = =
_. f.» APPEARED TO BE A PARACHUTE CANOPY, WITH A “DARK COLORES. Be
LA aL OB8JECT UNDERNEATH.” THE PILOT FIAST OBSERVES THE te opyeet gee
Awe yD on 3 MILES EAST OF MITCHEL FIELD, COURSE APPROX 210 Eps
=>,.2/2, CG DEGREES AND HEADED TO A POINT 2 MILES SOUTH-EAST OF eee
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AND THEN TO A NORTH=WESTERLY HEADING, AT A POINT S
APPROX 2 MILES EAST OF MITCHEL FIELD IT MADE A SGO DEGREE “E
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For: Directer of Intelligences
Request information as to whether or not any of ZADP radar sites observed
unidentified object reported by U. 3. Navy pilot near ditehell AVS, ‘ew fork,
on 21 Jamary 1952, at 090 EST.
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FLYING OBJECTS FILE AFOIN-C=CCo2y 19 DEC 51. FOL REPT IS SBMDs
1 DESCRIPTIONS A SHAPE CIRCULAR A HOTIZ PLANE PANCAKE SHAPED
BR SIMILAR TOA OPEN PRCT IN THE VERTICEE PLANE, BS. SIZE2
ESTD-20 TO 30 FT IN DIA, HEIGHT ABOUT 1/3 OF THE DIAM IN THE B
HORIZ PLANE. C COLORS VERY LIGHT, AS ASILKORNYLON PRCHT CANOPY
ON THE UPPER SURF. DUE TO THE HEIGHT RELATIONSHIP WAS UNABLE
TO SEE THE UNDERSIDE VERY WELL HOWEVER HAD THE IMPRESSION THAT ®
THE UNDERSIDE WAS A DARKER COLOR, D NO$3 1. EAST FORMATIONS
NEGATIVE, F AERODYNAMIC FEATURES$ NO APPARENT AFRODYNAMIC
FEATURES SUCK AS WINGS, TAIL GR ANY MEANS OFCONTROL. G& TRAIL
OR EXHAUST$ NONE APPARENT. H PROPULSION SYSTEM} NONE APPARENTs. =» —~
I SPEED$ WHEN FIRST SIGHTED ESTD AT 300 KNOTS, WHEN CIRCLING
MITCHEL AFB TKE OBJECT SEEMED TO BE SPEEING UP WHEN LAST
SIGHTED BELIEVE OBJECT WAS DOING AT LEAST 500 KNOTS, WHILE THE
CBJECT CIRCLED MITCHEL I WAS ABLE TO FLY FAIRLY CLOSE BY CUTTING
ON THE INSIDE. I WAS DOING 160 KNOTS AND BY COMPARING THE SPEED
TO MY OWN, THE ESTD 500 KNOTS SEEMS REASONABLE. J SOUNDS
NINE APPARENT. K MANUEVERS3 TIGHT TURNS, SOUTH OF. MITCHEL.. BEFORE
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wen baeee BACK TO MITCHEABL MANNER OF DISAPPEARANC . OBJECT * ~
DISAPPEARED ABOUT 7 MILES AWAY AND AFTER REACHING AN ALT GREATER
THAN MY OWN 6000 FT. M OTHER PERTINENT FEATURES! WHILE FLYING
LEVEL, NEIGHTER GAINING OR LOSING ALT THE OBJECT SEEMED TO HAVE
A ROCKING OR OSCILLATING NOTION, 2 APROX 0950 EST. 3 VISUAL
FR THE AIR. A SPEED$ 160 KNOTS, B ALT 6000 FT. C TYPE ACHTS
NAVY TBM-3W. 4 ABOUT 4 MILES DUE SOUTHEAST OF MITCHEL. 5 LT
RR XE1TVOCEL, 304268 USN, NAVAL AVIATOR, ATTACHED TO AVY SPECIAL
TEVICES CENTER PORT WASHINGTON NY. FLYING EXPERIENCE 8 YEARS FLYING
IN NAVY WITH TOTAL TIME APRX 1600 HOURS. WEA MITCHEL AFB 0925
EST SKY CLEAR VISIBILITY 19 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE 237 TEMP 29 DEW .10 WIND
NORTH NORTH WEST AT 50 KNOTS GUSTS REACHING 26 KNOTS ALTIMETER»
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PALF, Stewart AVB, M. Y.
RADYVOTS
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Airmail to Chief, Air Technical Intelligence Center, Attas Atlibo, wright
Patterson Air Fores Base, Dayton, Ohio, as soon as possibiles. dbove requests can
be incorporated into AF Fora 112. Please advise earliest voszible date this can
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D/Ty Ba et 25 De Se INCLASS siMitso-—
Dastern \ir Defense Force ;
Fors Base Intelligence Officer .
Cite your message MTL. 1-3 BSBO dated 22 Jan 52, Additional informition is
requested on sighting of unidentified serial odjest, Request that date of sighting
be confirmed, In addition, request the following information be Sorwaried as scon
as possible:
1, Length of time object observed,
2. Flight path of airoras’t and object nlotted on local area chart civing
positions at approximately 20 second intervals,
3. Tyne of transient aircraft that denarted Mitohel)] 417B a% 0943 5, anne of
silet and home station.
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1 SHAPES CIRCULAR, INAHORIX PLANE PANCAKE SHAPE OR SIMILAR
TO A OPEN PRCHT IN THEVERT PLANE» 23 SIZES ESTIMATED 23 TO 59 FEET
IN DIAMETER, HEIGHT ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE DIAMTER IN THE
HORIX PLANE. 3 COLORS’ VERY LIGHT, AS A SILK OR NYLON PRCHT
CANOPY ON THE UPPER SURF. DUE TO. THE EEIGHT RELATIONSHIP WAS UNABLE
TO SEE THE UNDERSIDE VERY WELL HOWEVER HAD THE IMPRESSION THAT
THE UNDERSIDE WAS A DARKER COLORs 4 NO&1e 5 FORMATIONS NEGATIVE.
6 AERODYNAMIC FEATURES$ NO APPARENT AERODYNAMIC FEATURES SUCH AS
WINGS, TAIL OR ANY MEANS OF CONTROL. 7 TRAIL OR EXHAUSTS NONE
APPARENTs 8 PROPULSION SYSTEMS NONE APPARENT. 9 SPEEDS WHEN FIRS1
SIGHTED ESTD AT 398 KNOTS, WHEN CIRCLING MITCHEL AFB THE OBJECT
SEEMED TO BE SPEEDING UP WHEN LAST SIGHTED BELIVE OBJECT WAS
DOING AT LEAST 5928 KNOTS. WHILE THE OBJECT CIRCLED MITCHEL IT WAS '
WAS ABLE TO FLY FAIRLY CLOSE BY CUTTING ON THE iNSIDEs I WAS DOING
isd KNOTS AND BY COMPARING THE-SPEED TO-MY-OWN, THE -ESTIMATED
53% KNOTS SEEMS REASONABLE. 123 SOUNDS NONE APPARENT. 11 MANUEVERS?
TIGHT TURMS, SCUTH OF MITCHEL BEFORE HE CAME BACK TO MITCHEL.
12 MANNER OF DISAPPEARANCE$ THE SSJECT DISAPPEARED ABOUT 7 MILES
AJAY AND AFTER REACHING AN ALTITUDE GREATER THAN MY GWN 60929 FEET.
65 OTHER PERTINENT FEATURES$S WHILE FLYING LEVERL, NEJTHER GAINING
OR LOSING ALT THE OBJECT SEEMED TO HAVE A ROCKING OR OSCILLATING
MOTIONe B APRX 9953 ESTe C VISUAL FROM THE AIRe 1 SPEEDS
163 KNOTSe 2 ALT 6923 FEETe 3 TYPE ACFTS NAVY TBM-SWe D ABOUT
4 MILES DUE SOUTHEAST OF MITCHEL. E LT J R XEITVOGEL, 394265
USN, NAVAL AVAIATORe ATTACHED TO NAVY SPECIAL DEVICES CENTER PORT
WASHINGTON NY. FLYING EXPERIENCE 3 YEARS FLYING IN NAVY WITH
TOTAL TIME APRK 16929 HOURS. WEATHER MITCHEL AFB 9925 EST SKY CLEAR
) VISIBILITY 19 SEA LEVEL PRESSURE 2357 TEMP 29 DEW POINT 19 WIND
NORTH NORTH WEST AT 59 KNOTS GUSTS REACHING 26 KNOTS ALTIMETER
SETTING 54622 REMARKS PRESSURE RISING RAPIDLY» G NEGATIVEe H NONE.
f CONTROL TOWER AND BASE OPERATIONS WAS INFORMED OF AVAILABLE
INFORMATION. J NONE OTHER THAN } f O% mn FLIGHT PLAN
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tite APS the objest sec: to be spocdin, ‘oe Whaeaz last sighted bolievad oujoct
“Wes doing at least £09 snistdine : circled Mitchel, Lt Zaitvo-el
was able to fly fairly clore by ous: 1 eet insides Me was doins 160
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other witnoasese Lt Zeitwosel gooms retical, ferbelligert ond reltadlo,
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FROM (cigency) REPORT NO,
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Mitohal Air Perce Fase, Te Is... UNCLAS
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eo “ 2) Jarwoary 1952
Suk Sadbieding bic'W 'aadiedliond undo Uy t- Deed: R. Zeitvogel, 1Ssy, ,
304268, anda: in. oocnegtiat with the sighting of an unidentified fying
objects : | ;
"At para 0960, ‘21 decanry 1962, wirile fiyine at S000 fret, spproxt«
cutely three (3) miles sowtheast af Mitchel Air Yurve fave, I sighted
an Wabhediy- Gb-teek Abou’ coo snd-0 halt {1) miles from the emi of runmy
306 ‘egshrc wes almost directly hetwoon uy aircraft snd Mitche) Air Force
Pase@s
At time off sighting, the object was om @ heading of southwest. (about
210°), spend-about 300 mots
The ébjeet Sc seen from above ani from the side appeared to be eval
in shape, Very mach like an open parachute canopy. L[atiusted dianeter
20 to 30 Leete - The object apveared to be near the Eset! possibly, 200
or 300 feet altitude. After reaching a point about o or 4 milos south
of Mitehel A¥3, the sbtect comsensed a turn to port aml anpeared to increase
speede - After completing his turn to a headink’ of north, the object pro-
ceded te cirols Itchel, in a counter clock wiss direction, staying approx >
imately two (2) miles’ amy from the field perimeter and remixing at a
constemb altitudes Upon reaching a pcimzt tre (2) or three (3) miles nor the Pe |
vest ef iitchel the odfect straightened ort on & heading of approximately
210° and elimbed rapidly. Jo estimate of its-rate of climb wes younible
_; howsver hda: flight path seemed to be taking him up at an angles of about: ©
. 10° above the horizontal. Zest seer the chicst wer on thia course ant at:
an altituds of between 5,000 and 10,000 fest at « point spysoxsun tely | Gix.
(6) or seven a (7) miles soutiwest of \itchel Air Foros Based ..
> Larne Lge
(rates: 26 tawrro0?, iF
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ae : : o950R ‘fromthe. Santini Area of Mitchel AFB, New York.’ aw ok
meres 3) Pnis- balloon is:an K/L391C, white in color with an approxi hiss |
>. yaar: “0% mate diameter of three (3). feet at release time. Balloém <9 , +f?)
soe to. =" vould be approximatly four and.one half et (47) In dismetexr. “--—
anaes) ae. at eight: *housand feet -(cO0O), Attached to this balloon was
: an aluninun payee radar ee two and one half feet (29).
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igtateh 2 SFC 330/17 2000 Ft 320/20, 4000 Ft pyc toim 6000, Ft: 0/455.
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