PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7070659

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONCamp Drum New York

FRAMES4

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1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Was Balloon
5 September 1956 Camp Drum, New York 00 Probably Balleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Locel Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aireraft
GMT_ 05/0330Z AirVisual Air-Intereept Rader D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical Mars
Yes 0 Probably Astrenomical
.O.No military PossibiyAstronemical
OBSERVATION 8. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient aluation
O Unknown Unknown
approx 2 hours one one stationary stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGMTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
One object cone shaped, size of dime, shaped, size of dime, Probably Mars.
color pink turning to white, object urning to white, object
faded out radually radually and reappeared. ppeared.
(fades and reappears)) (fades and reappears
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) -
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6
I. MENTIONED ABOVE
. A. ELLIPTCAL COURSE •
. 60 DEGREES S ELEVATION AND 180 DEGREES AZIMUTH
C. 70 DEGREES .
D. COMES AND GOES .
E. FADED OUT OF SIGHT •
F. APPROXIMA - AND 54 MINUTES
.
3. 3. A. GROUND VISUAL A. GROUND VISUAL .
B. BINCCULARS
0 0
.
PAGE THREE RJEPSN 1D .
c. N/A .
B. NIGHT
5. CAMP DRUM, WHEELER SAC AIRPORT .
5. B. RONALD NY, 1209 SVR. SQD. UN NIT POST, AVATION .
CORPS.
7. A. CLEAR WITH LIGHT WIND
B. "WATERTOWN WINDS ALOFT: 230/10, 200/10, 230/15, 260/20, 266/20. C

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C. MA
:
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a
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D. 15 MILES .
E. NONE
F. NONE
B. A B. A NONE
9.M 9.M NONE
13. NONE
11. NO A/C AND NO NCISE 11. NO A/C AND NO NOISE
12. RONALD H. SCHALON SPC ARMY, 1209 SVR. SQD. UNIT POST AVATION 12. RONALD H. S (. 1209 S ATION
CORPS, CAMP DRUM. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE OBJECT COULD HAVE BEEN A A TUF
STAR. HOWEVER, THE OBJECT DID MOVE AND AFTER 1 HOUR AND 54 MINUTES,
DID FINALL HESE ACTIONS ARE NOT
BT
060720Z SEP RJEPSN

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E..
6 SEP 56 07 30 113553 .
RC094
PD117 YDB092 TYC098 TMB712SNA029SND001
PP RJEDEN RJEPNB RJEDWP RJEPHQ .
DE RJEPSN 1D 44
P 060720Z
FM CMDR 655TH ACWRON WATERTOWN AF STA NY X 4X
TO RJEDEN/CMDR ADC ENT AF BASE COLORADO SPRINGS COLO
RJEPNB/CMDR EADF STEWART AF BASE NEWBURGH NY EHAEMY
RJEDWP/CMDR AIR RJEDWP/CMDR AIR TE NICAL LN ENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB
OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASH 25 D.C. .
RJEPNB/CI RJEPNB/C BASE H NY
2T 2T
•
OEJECT CMM AFR 200-2 PD •
A. CONE .
. A DIME AT 10 FEET
c. PINK TURNING TO WHITE
D. ONE
N/A
MENTIONED ABOVE ......
NONE ~
R. NONE