DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8580362
DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1952
REPORTED LOCATIONWHITEPLAINSNY
FRAMES20
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PROJECT RO CARD
2. LOCATION
. 17 Jul 52 we. malh.
WHITS PLAINS NY
Preoanl,
1 : 4 TY'F OF ORSERV.
27/21 Xxxrond-Y.sns C Greund-Rocar
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17/19.0.2 CA-Vsoe C1A-in-c0 647. Posubrv Arcrarr
6 BOURCE 7 Wan Asunem
Ye. il Prondol Aso rL.
Civilian woman C.
Poss.blAtncte
. NUMBER OF OAICTS . COLRSE Dtoer.-
i or Eso
5-6 see . .L 1 . SE C Unknow
11. CoMENT
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e. East g. West
d. Southeast h. Northwest
8.1
1 (Circle One): a. North e. South
b. Northeast f. Southwest
I turnedfare to East g. West
Southeast h. Northwest
8.2 Circle one of the following indicate how certair
your answer to th two questions. (8 and 8.)
. a Certain c. Not very sure
Fairly certain d. Just a guess
object? Circle One):
Yes
10. How was the object seen?
(Circle One): a. Through window glass Through theodolite
b. Through windshield Through sun glasses
c. Through binoculars g Through open space
c.. Strong wind C. Warm
d. Don't remember d. Hot
e Don't remember
.
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SECTION C
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12.I eobject? 60
Hours Minutes Seconds
12.1 Circle one of the following of
your answer to Question 12:
Certain Not very sure
Fairly sure d. Just a guess
13. Did the objeot look: (Circle Solid or Transparent?
14. Die
. (Circle One efor each question)
14.1 Change direction? ee No Don't know
14.2 Change speed? Yes No Don't know
14.3 Change size? es Don't know
14.4 Change color? Yes Don't know
14.5 Break up into parts or
explode? Yes No Don't know
1406 Give off smoke? Yes Don't know
Rim sparkled 14.7 Change brightness? Yes Don't know full
14.8 Flicker, throb, or ous
dril pulsate? Centurrhirled Yes No Don't know
Tnight nighetin
eirele
4this dee 2
lrwand South dully e thaugb
binnt see it aftr ik towandlast home met
Sawon
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18.3 Blend with the backgrou d? (Circle One) Yes (No) D Don't know
19. Which of the following objects 1s actual s;
object you saw? (Circle One):
a. Pea f. Automobile
b Baseball g. Small airplane
Basketball h. Large airplane
a Bicycle e wheel i. Dirigible
Office desk j. Other
19.1 Circle one following to
of your answer Question 19.
a. Certain c. Not very sure
Fairly certain d. Uncertain
dieapp the fack of ther queiter
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22. In the following sketch, imagine your eye at the point shown. S Place an
"A" on the curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon
when you first saw it. Place a "B" to show where it was when when you
last saw it. Eart
Overhead
2 B
.
Horizon +
Ly
23. object was
when you first saw it, and a "B" positic when you last saw it.
Overhead
tliefir speed like
Leeme
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(Circle One): Yes) No
26.1 e.an onditions
did you see her ones?
27. In your nt have
caused it?
.
Mrs.John H. NAME
Last Hame First Name Maddle Name
ADDRESS White Plains, New York
tree City Zone State
TELEPHONE NU
What is your present job?
Age54 Civi)Defense Day Fis farden #3
Sex femnale
Last School Attended
Year of last attendance at this school _/.
Since studied ar
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Twin objects sighted July 17,1952 at 3:107m DLST ESE
in White Plains, N.Y. I
These objects took approx e7y
indicated. About 3 ds to make rightangle torn and Ⅲ
vanish. voo
I 811 "1 ouoyds to 0215 tooo ienes o pos pur poysuen ! litun s1s omes
uas neyresbuel pomss
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00 00 00
00 Yery brilliant
00 from here on
00 F 1
frame as it started right
o0 angle topn
NNE Fig I Shows how itappazrea
0.0 to ascend, one sphere bere
Heard noise became cut in halves
one hears. stermen
or Ferry boat Wher ban :
was in this Position /saw dowm in between spheres +frame making beginning of wig t angle torn
what appaared tobe altachachments with Its twin.
to deseribe or sketch halves as
vanis hed 0
instantly.
FigI lam of se O
objests had been disks they I
Horizon as in this figure world have appearet
Horizon FYE
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East whirling sound
might add that top bar seemed to censed. after th
have a slight upward swing that made object appear to be rising higher as circles vanished
well as maki
As you left the last circle of this twin object unfinished
in my sketch, as well as the end part of the bar, to show how this twin
ject vanished from my view. I saw the right hand corner
o. this twin object.
751 berteen hit DLST The circles at this
hoo tor he te aces uacies point looked about as point looked about as
7 large as the sun with-
out rays (as the sun out rays (as the sun
The two cirgles I saw appesred The two cirgles I saw appeared appears when looking
to be trayel: to be trayeling in the path of Path of at it with sun glasges)
00 00 the Sun, not directiy overheaa. CLIV rheaa and in about the same
the sun,no position of the sun at
Ine arrew pient I had to ke irning my 9 A.M. DLST inAuly 9 A.M. DLST insuly
well as my well as my head toward the right but somewhat Yower in but somewhat Yower in
00 To irsation rhere until my chin right the sky.
North trin ofjest crud shoulder. I ju took a good
sixty seconds to make the dis-
path f en. tance I saw it travel in.
This observation was made
I heard noise a July 17, 1952 at about 3:10 P.M. DLST
few seconds before, the by Whito Plaine, N.
first glimpse or these te Sons
two small circles. The See page Questionnaire
noise cantinued until for the description and
the objects vanished. color of these circles.
Wht I hi
Honizon Horizon
EYE
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MSG NBR 1048 ACTIO O3ATAA
C-1 PRIORITY
FM.ROSLYN NY 181830Z 3.ATA
TO CG AMC WPAFB DAYTON OHIO ATTN: MCIS
ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO ATTN DIR OF INTEL
EADF ATTNS DIR OF INTEL STEWART
ADAC 1299.
FOLG REPT..OF UNCONVENTIONAL ACFT RECD
FWD IAW ADCL 200-1 DTD HQS 18 JULY AT 1510Z
BY WHILLINGSOURD:.EXCEPTIONALLY 2 FLYING SAUCERS ACCOMPANIED
SECONDS, SHOOTING CRYSTALLINE OSSED SKY IN 5-5
UP AND OUT
EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE, APPROX SIZE SOUTHEAST;
ACFT AT SAME ALT WOULD CRRIS WHEEL A HAT ALT: AN
ON THEIR HAVE INDISTINGUISHABLE;TH
EDGE ABOVE ISI DESCRIPTION BY E FLYING
C. YOBSR B (17 JU 1910Z)
WEST TO SOUTHEAST E.MRS PASSED F OM NORTH-
NY, TP WHITE PLAINES 97504 RELTABTI WE,WHITE.PLAINS
15MILES PER WEA CLEAR, VISIBILTIY
I.NEGATIVE. OF NEGATIVE NEGATIVE.
20/1140Z·JULY REPT
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shooting upward and out of sight. re exceptionally large, epprox-
imately the size of a ferris wheel at that altitude, and an aircraft at
that altitude whould have been indistin rishable. The sancers were flying
on their edge.
3. The weather at the time of the sighting was clear and visibility
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DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR
2 cys Commdading General, Air Material Command, Attn: MCIS
1 cy Commanding General, Air Defense Comnand, Attn: Dir of Intel
1 cy Comnanding General, Lastern Air Defense Force, Attn: Dir of Intel
1 cy - Commanding General. 26th Air Div )Def( Attn: Dir of Intel
NOTE THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 5O U. S. C.—
31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER R TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE ORIN:PART BY OTHER,THAN-UNLTEQ STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF
INTELLIGENCE, USAF.
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:1950-O-918331
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shooting upward and out of sight. r exceptionally large, epprox-
imately t the size of a ferris wheel at ltitude, and an aircraft at
that altitude whould have been indisti
on their edge. -
3. The weather at the time of the sighting was
rifteen15miles wind three (3 miles per hour.
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DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR
2 cys Commdading General, Air Material Command, Attn: MCIS
1 cy Commanding General, Air Defense Command, Attn: Dir of Intel
1 cy Comnanding General, Lastern Air Defense Force, Attn: Dir of Intel
1 cv Comnanding General. 26th Air Div)Def( Attn: Dir of Intel
NOTE THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 5O U. S. C.—
3I AND 3Z, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE ORJN:PART BY OTHER,THAN-UNITEQ STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF
INTELLIGENCE, USAF.
* U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:1950-O-918331
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cation in the making 1t 1 aifricult fo: mo to skotch these
difforont pha'se presonte making that right
angle turn.
Furthormore until could not understand why thes twin
objocts , which were porfect circles at all times, did not take the
logical fora of an longated ellipso which ono would expect them
to take in making that turn Aftor studying a skotch of what I
actually saw, have the conclusion that what I saw were
objocts spherical form. No doubt you have already arrived at
that sam
the back of shorter length than
+ the overall msasurem and besides placed little lower
than the top sphores. This fact no doubt
o circlss up t point.
The whirling sound T had from the beginning
seemed to increase in sound, with ano the type of sound
addod, as though some other form of machinery had been
set in motion to make this right angls turn.
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. spher
stage, was because the sphores ompleted the right
angle turn and on sphere wa raveling directly behind
the other on their way directly eastward.
Fig. lv. This finally cut ke the first and
then vanished instantly. The noise also ceazed simulta-
neously. To get the exact offect of how they vanished
from view take a strip of paper thre quarters of inch
wide and draw it slowly across Fig. l from right to loft,
until sphere cut in halves. Now you will hays pic-
ture resombling Fig. ll except for the framework. Do
Mr
1 incl.
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.1. Time Lancelot
gave a lecture t The British Interplanetary Society and the article
an added noise
beginning, amilar to hoise ra -
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ended positio sound and voices were cut off abruptly as the
Twin Object phase as of my sketch,
when only one seen going iding
the sphore ahes
(Memborship close to 9oo of which I have been a member for the past
twelve years has asked me to write an article on I have
sighted. oticed your investigator who called on had my letter in
a secret should keep silent? course, if
I should thc inyitatiol write an article I would not mention
the voice publi eady revela-
tion.
Very vo
Mrs.d
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liko disks v the prope Latelt on
mo that Wouldn rnibl I
kopt my oy bjects. Prior t
I heard noi80 similar to flying rmation, but
a much soft hun scanning the nothing could sean,
then presently silve apoaared directly,North coming directly
towa
corner ramowork dull pale The noiss
caased abruptly twin objects stayed on the
cot a good minutos Ifte circlos tching the sky
for planos, nted make suro no plane voling simul-
taneously. Ther was no plane sight anywhere, such a
clear day I unders none were about.
was
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Year
1.2 Time of day: :$a$ Mino (Circle One)
1.3 Time Zone:( (Circle One): 5
8 Eastern d. Pacific
Central e. Other
C. Mountain
(Circle ) a. Daylight Saving
. Standard .
2.4 following to indicate how cer
of your answer to the above question 1.2:
a Certain o. Not very sure
Fairly certain d. Just a guess
2. Where did you see.t the object?
g. Other
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object? to list the activity or activities, and the
approximate amount of time spent on each.
Qsdinary housed
-- fo about fiften
on tivenly minu
appearea