PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7070199

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONBuffalo New York

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
28 August 1956 Buffalo, New York 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rader Was Aireraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT GMT. 28/0500Z 28/0500Z Air Visual AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS 5. PHOT0S 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical Mars
Yes Yes Probably Astronomical
CNo .CNo Civilian 0 o PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other. Other
000 Insufficient Date for Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Unknown
one hr/30 mins one hr/30 mins one one northwest
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round One round orange object, size of a bas Concur with source in in considering considering
ketball. Resembled an ordinary star w/ ketball. Resembled ordinary star w/ Mars as the cause for the sight- for the sight-
naked eye. Through binoc ulars a small ing.
crater appeared
to emi gas Obj
sighte very h
high al eading in a
north-wester dire bject was
visually & ilars for' one
hour. Object fading out
of sight. So tching obj
after 11 as difrection & give contradictory info
concerning a7 W Ththers
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) be mars.
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Witwes NOTIS: /1497 -
JEDWP H274BWA378 -
RR RJEDEN RJEDBW RJEDWP RJEHPQ R25A0P56 10 09 M
- TL
DE RJEDBW 5E
R 281409Z AT
-
FM COMDR, 763D ACWRON LOCKPORT AF STA LOCKPORT, NY
8 S'50020
TO RJEDEN/ADC ENT AFB, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO . 2
RJEDBW/COMDR, 3OTH AIR DIV (DEF) WILLOW RUN AFS, MICH -
-
RJEDWP/COMDR AFB,
OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF, WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
RJEPNB/CC
BT <
STEWART AFB, NEWBURHG (
N.Y, UFOB REPT SBMD IAW AFR 200-2. a
(1A. ROUND (
BASKETBALL . (
C. ORANGE
D. ONE (
E. N/A ( INOX 69 MEI OR7IES 39 A6 CTNHE S-909 60E
F. RESEMBLED ORDINARY STAR THROUGH NAKED EYE
G. FIERY GAS TOM (
H.N/A
I. SMALL CRATER THROUGH FIELD GLASS
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VEN
(5)A. BUFFALO
.
BN/A .
(7) A. CLEAR
.CALM 16 6,000 FT 283 DEG 42K
18,900 FT T v WIP DEG 45K ...
15,299 FT 289 DEG 49K
29,900 FT 290 DEG 35K
39,200 FT 299 DEG 25K
59,320 FT 290 DEG 30K
88,999 FT 110 DEG 20K
• C0045-804 3 04
WE
28/05002 17
PAGE T PAGE THREE RJEDBW 5E THREE RJEDBW 5E
C. 15999 FT- BROKEN
D. 3K
E.5 TO 9 TENTH
F. NONE
NONE 1n0
(9) NONE -
(10) LOCKEED 68930 ONTARI 05392, LANDED
•
BUFFALO 05482.
(11) 2ND LT BER N. STOKES, AO 3939978 .
(12) NONE
Br
28/1615Z AUG RJEDBW 4X0I

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OHIO .
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF, WASHINGTON 25
RJEPNB/C
BT
.
(1) A. ROUND .
. BASKETBALL
C. ORANGE .•
D. ONE
E. N/A 0110O a125s caVE5 2 38 0at 5-509 NUC
F. RESEMBLED ORDINARY STAR THROUGH NAKED EYE
G FIERY GAS FROM OTTOM
H.N/A 4 S-SC* Na2
I. SMALL CRATER THROUGH THROUGH FIELD GLASS FIELD GLASS
...
PAGE TWO RJEDBW 5E
(2) A. OBSERVED WHILE RETURNING HOME FROM WORK AT GOC
• 40
B. VERY HIGH, 3 DEGREES
NOTINO
C.N/A
D.N NORTH WEST HEADING, OVER HIGHER
E. FADE
F. ONE HOUR
(3) A. GROUND-VISUAL
6. FIELD GLASSES
C.N/A