PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6787161

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONMastic Aprt Long Island NY

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon 7/
17 July 1956 Mastic Aprt,Long Island,NY Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rador 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT_18/0155Z Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astranomical
D Yes D Yes 00 0 Probably Astronomical Probably Astronomical
aNo CNo AF Pilot 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION TION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 6 6 Other Possible Flares Other Possible Flares
one 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1-2 seconds then 3 flashes then 3 flashes falling falling 0 Unknown Unknown
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One One tear shaped tear shaped object, size of Concur with Concur with the opinion of the opinion of the
10x 5 foot 10x 5 foo color but reporting office thnt this office that this
bisected by a white streak. Appeared bisected by a white streak. Appeared sighting was possibly sighting was possibly caused
to flash off and on. Seen for l-2 by flares.
seconds. Five minutes after the
initial initial sighting, the pilot at 3,000 sighting, the pilot at 3,Oo0
seet sighted three more green flashesl
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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