PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6786171

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONQueens College Flushing Long Island NY

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ".
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Queens College Was Balloon
31 May 1956 Flushing Long I Island, NY 000 Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Passibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 9 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT-31/17002 Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
XA Yes not 00 Probably Astronomical
No received student Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other
0 D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
5-10 minutes not given Unknown
5-l0 minutes one not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |11. COMMENTS
White White object, half object, half size of airlines size of airlines Size and speed Size and speed of object indi- of object indi-
a/c traveling at speed. Followed speed.. Followed cates jet a/c.
airlines a/c and ventially passed it entially passed it
with great burst with great burst speed,then faded
from sight.
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PR RJEPHO RJEDEN RJE
DE F RJEPNY 32
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FM KO 26TH ADIV ROSLYN AFS NY
- TO RJEDEN/CONDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTEL CEN WRIGHT PATTERSC AFB OHIO
RJEPHO/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASH 25 DC
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AE!
INFO RJEP
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/UNCL/CITE NBR 4383. EADF. SUBJ: UT 03:18
1. (A) LIKE A/C
(B) (HALF/THE SIZE OF AIRLINES A/C--TYPE UNKT NOMN
DITE

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2. (A) SPEED & FEATURES
(B) _1502 ANGELS
(C) N/A
WITH
GREAT BURST OF SPEED L
(E) FADE FM SIGHT -
(F) 5-10 MINUTES (F) 5-10 MINUTES
3. (A) GRAOUND VISUAL
- (3) N/A (3)N/A
(C) N/A
4. (A) 31/17037 4. (A) 31/17007 .CC 1
(B)DAY (E)DAY
5. HJBL 1542 ON CANPUS OF QUEENS COLLEGE IN FLUSHING LI
S. (A) COLLEGE, FLUSHIN LI
TELEPHONE *2
(3) N/A
7. (A) CLEAR
(3) S,904-299 DEG 38 KT
10,990 282 DEG 36 KT
16,000 28° DEG 30 KT

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PAGE THREE RJEPNY 32
20,900 290 DEG SO VT
30,000 292 DEG 35 VT
50,260 2 28° DEG NO KT
(C) 5020
(D) 10 MI
(E) SCATTERED
KF) NEG
8. N/A
9. N/A CONCUT CONCUT
1C. AIRLINES A AREA
11. LT BUSHNAN PI 11. LT ISHMAN CIC CIC/DO OPJECT IN OUESTION UVS DDORADLY ST JET-TYRE JET-TYDE
AIRCRAFT WHICH WOULD ACCOUNT FOR BOTH SI7E AND SPTED PEPOPTED
BY OESERVER, REPORT RECEIVED TWO HOURS AFTER INITIAL SIGHTING.
PING SINT TO
G WILL BE FOPUARDED UPON RECEI T.<-
ET
31/2 26Z NAY RJEPNY
6 11 9961 NOT
NI
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