PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6979770

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1953

REPORTED LOCATIONJones Beach New York

FRAMES5

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1. DATE - TimE GROUP

2. LOCATION

10. CONCLUSION
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5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

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FTD sepes (TDE)  provicns stimans af this form may be weed.

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| (B) NIGHT : ve
(5) 73 DASH 39 W CMA 42 DASH 42 N CMA AT SURF ON BEACH BY TOWER CMA

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PAGE THREE JEPQW 147

(7) (A) VERY DARK W.;>T MOON AND STARTS NOT VISISLE WEA CALM NO
CLOUDS OBSERVED NO Resi R{CTIONS TO VISIBILITY OS8SERVED
(3) MITCHEL AFS ws:A STA REPORTS CLN

$000 FT 528 DEGREES 11 KNOTS

19960 FT 3529 DEGREES 19 KNOTS

16938 FT 349 DEGREES 8 KNOTS

23999 FT 3429 DEGREES 21 KNOTS

33996 FT 353 CEGREES {17 KNOTS

593399 FT 339 DEGREES 23 KNOTS
$1309 FT CALM

; (>) BROXEN TQ QVERCAS

; (F) NONE

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QEN/COMDR CONAC MITCHEL AFB NY UNCLASSIFIED
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(1) (A) DIRIGIBLE
(B) BASEBALL
(C) LUMINOUS SILVER
(D) ONE
| =) WA
(F) MAY HAVE HAD EIGHT WINDOWS CMA TsO TIERS OF FOUR EACH
CMA LENGHWISE OF THE BODY |
(G) APPEARED TO RE SLIGHTLY OBSCURED BY HAZE OR SNOxE
(H) NONE AUDIBLE PAREN BUT OBSERVER WAS STANDING AT THE EDGE
OF HEAVY SURF PAREN

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(I) NONE
(2) (A) THE ONLY LIGHT VISIBLE BETWEEN THE HORIZON AND ZENITH ON

ae VERY DARK NIGHT
(3) 15 DASH 2@ DEGREES

(oc) SAME

(D) STRAIGHT CMA HORIZONTAL CMA THROUGH 359 DEGREE AZIMUTH

(£) FADED AWAY

THIRTY SECCNDS

<3) (A) GROUND VISUAL

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(9) NONE

ae NONE

(11) CONSIDESRASLE INBOUND AND OUTBOUND TRAFFIC NY INTL CLN NEWARK
CLN LAQUARDIA AND MITCHEL AFB NY CMA ALL OF WHICH WOULD PASS AREA OF

SIGHTING WELL ABOVE CLOUD COVER

PAGE FOUR JEPQW 147

(12) MAJ JAMES A GEY:* bO MITCHEL AFB THE TEMPERATURE BEING VERY WARM
ON NIGHT OF SIGHTING ‘%MEROUS TOURISTS HAD PARKED AROUND AREA OF
SIGHTING PD EITHER THE SPOTLIGHT FROM AN AUTOMOBILE WAS REFLECTED
OFF THE CLOUD BANK ©P OTATING BEACON WHICH IS ON TOP OF TOWER AT
JONES BEACH STATE P*F« REFLECTED OFF CLOUD BANK AND WAS OBSERVED

PD THE HAZE RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITY &
USED THE REFLECTION TO BE

THREE DEMINISIONSAL PD THE WINDOWS ARE A-FIGMENT OF THE

IMAGINATION PD
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