PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UFOB INDEX CARD AISS-UFOB-406-56
1. DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
13 Cet 56 Newburgh, New York on Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
13/2230z Oct 56 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
a Probably Aircraft
Air Visual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astrénomical
Yos Clvilian Probably Astronomical
No I No 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF NUMBER 9. COURSE . COURSE 0 Other Other
00 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Still in sight One Up and down Up and down Unknown Unknown
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One cireular white (with red light) object, According to Reporting Officer there According to Reporting Offieer there
the size of the head of a pin at arm's length. have been a considerable number of bal- have been a considerable number of bal-
Objeet was moving up and down and was still in Objeet was moving up and down and was stili in . loons launched in the area. Opinion of
sight at time of report. this Headquarters is that sighting was
probably caused by a balloon. probably y caused by a balloon.
AISOP Form 5 (15 Oet 54)

Pago 6
. In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an "A" on the curved line to show how
high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first saw it. Place a "B" on the same curved line to
show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw it.
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33. In the following larger sketch place an "A" at the position the object was when you first saw it, and a "B" at its
position when you last saw it. Refer to smaller sketch as an axampls of how to complets the larger sketch.
THE SKETCH IS SUPPOSED To
SHOW THAT OBJEST WENT
ih STAIGHTUP. UASSIAE
74 ITHE WEMT STAIGHT AP
ASZ AN-Y SAD ET CHANGE
IN SIZE

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4.What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?
34.1 CLOUDS (Circle One) 34.2 WIND (Circle One)
a.Clear sky a. No wind —
b. Hazy b.Slight breeze
c. Scattered clouds c. .Strong wind
d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Don't remember
. Don't remember
34.3 WEATHER (Circle One) 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circl One)
a.Dry a.Cold
b.Fog, mist, or light rain b. Cool
c. Moderate or heavy rain Warm
d. Snow d. Hot
Don't remember . Don't remember
.When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?
1 D&T" 1956
Day Month Year :
Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? .Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object?
(Circle One) Yes) (Circle One) Yes No
36.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too?
(Circle One) Yes) (Circle One) Yes) No
36.2 Please list their names and addresses:
N. N
NIONII A. INN. NY.
SUSSEA,NEWJRRSEY SUSSRA,NEWJRRSEY 11 14
NIONUILLE JNEW YORR
.Was this the first time that you had seen an object or objects like this?
(Circle One) Yes No
37.1 IF you answered NO, then when, where, and under what cireumstancss did you see other ones?
38.In your opinion what do you think the object was and what might have caused it?
TDEA WHAT THE OBJECT WAS.
13 AN * STARR
I AM SURE IT WASN'T
AN OPTICAL ILLUSION
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3Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object?
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? ..m.p.h.
To BE DEEN HT THE SHNE
TINE 45N01 APAR MY
(Circle One) Yes) No G45AS JOA-D B6
IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was? 79,200 foet.
Please give the following information about yourself:
NAME
Name
ADDRESS UNIONVILE 1
Strest C1ty Zone State
1
TELEPHONE TELEPHONE NUMB NUME
What is your present job?_ What is your present job? OWNPRATE OPERATE WOESA-E WHDESA-E PHOFO BYSUESS Pi10F0 B45uES
Ag0 44 Ag044 Sex MALF. Sex MALF.
Please indicate any special educational training that you have had.
a. Grade school _ .Grade school_ L .e. . e. Tochnical school AIR FORC AM
b. High school b. High school __ (Typ)_ (Typa)_A
c. College.
d. Post graduate
42.Date you completed this questionnaire: 8 NoV. 1956
Day Month Year

the following space to write a short doscription of the event that you observed. You may ra-
peat infornation that you have already given in the quastionnaire, and add any further comments,
statemants, or sketches that you believe are important. Try to present the details of the observa-
sion in the order in which thay occurred. Additional pages of the same size paper may be attached
if they are needed.
NAME (Do Not Write in This Spuca)
oas Printj
CODE: /
SIGNATURE
DATE
IT WAS 5:15P.M.DAYLIGHT SAVINCTIM o.1 3 th ,1956
SAW THIS VERY RRIGHT OBJECT ABENT THE SZA OF ABASRET-
BALL. ITWAS A LIPPLE T. PHE SOutH OF TOWN AND THERE
WERE AT LFAST ADOZCN PECOLE WATCHMA.THIS ORSEST
STAYED IN T THE SAME POSITION UNTILCIOCPM1 EXEEPTFOR
THROuGH FI1ELD C-LASSES
THE OB JECT THE OBJECTS SEEMED TO SEEMBD TC SHANGE SHAPE FROMA RIGHTT CHANGE SHAPE
LEFT WITH ADARKER SARSTANCE Conninle-out OR EACH
S.DE AT 6i06PM
THE
SIZE O- APIN HBAD. THIS To TH
CHANGE IN SIZE TOSK
NOT LONGER THAN ONE
MAINUTE.1 I CONITINUGD TE
WATCH THE OBJECT UNTIL iT
THE HAD DRIETED OUER TO
MCCN WHICH WAS 17.00PM-
THE WEATHER WAS WARM ABOLT
70° sRY ELEAR,
No CLODS AT ALL. REPORTS
CAMAE IN FROAN.
CCDAR DROVE , NJ, ORANCE, NJ SUSSEx,NJ.MOST
JE NORTHERN NEV JERSEY SAW THE
ACCCANTSIN TME ORJECT FROM
PADERS
I FEEL EERTAIN PEOPLE WNORANEE NJ SAW Thg SAME
D3JET I SAM.IE TAIS WARE SO 3TMUT MAVE BEENHUG
.

6:00 ".
90°
Zenith
1
600
1
1
1
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200 1 ———
1 0
1 1
I
1
1 1
1 1
225 270
SW W 315
NW
180 0
S N
135
SE 90 NE
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 7/
Ox Was Balloon
25 Octobor 1956 Newburgh, New York D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
Local xGround-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aireraft
GMT26/0000Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Rodar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes Probobly Astronomical
No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS OBJECTS 9. COURSE . COURSE Other. Other.
up,down & 000 Insufficient Data for Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
20 minutes one sideways sideways
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object as light with unknown shape, One object as light with unknown shape Motion indicates balloon. Winds
Color red - white Color red - white green. Odd move- to E and SE. Reported direction
ment--up,down and sideways. of travel. Analysis is balloon
consistent with limited data
presented.
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AGTION
26 0c7 55 07 21 C126 1308'5
2v
SUSPECTED DUPLICATE OF MESSAGS
AREVIOUSLY RELEASED, CHECM
DEMODE TAKINGATION
RA089 KAJOS
PP RJEDEN RJEDWP PP RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPNY RJEPHQ
ZFD RJEPNB ZFD RJEPNB
NBAG32
PP RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPNY PP RJIEDEN RJIEDWP RJEPNY RIEPHQ RJEPHQ
DE RJEPNB 1
P 2502892
FM COMDR EADF STEWART AFB NEWBURGH NY
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPGS COLO
RJEPNY/COMDR 2STH AIR DIV DEF ROSLYN AFS NEW YORK
GENCE HEADQUARTERS USAF WASH DC HE
BT
Dnvsae
1. A. LIGHT
B. UNKNOWN B.UNKNOWN
C. RED-WHITE-GREEN
D. 1 D. 1
E. NEG E. NEG
F. ODD MOVEMENT
G. NEG
H. NONE
I. MOVEMENT

TERMT
I MOVEMENT
IV -
-
PAGE TWO RJEPNB 1
II• A. UP & DOWN & SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT
B. ELEVATION PM I AZIMUTH - NNE OF NBG. 8;2 PM
C. UNK
D. VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL
:
EUNK LUNK
F. 20 MIN.
III. A. VISUAL
( (
B. NONE 105061 105061
C.NEG -
IV. A. 25/0000Z
B. NIGHT
V.A.41 50 N 74 13 W
B. HJAM 4940
WBURGH, N. Y., MAIL CARRIER (
VI. A
B. NONE -
VII. A. CLEAR
(
B. 1. SURFACE 120 - 1 10 KNOTS
2. 6 120 - 30 KNOTS (
3. 10 120 15 KNOTS
4. 15 130 15 KNOTS
I

W
PAGE THREERJEPNB 1
5.20 90 - 10 KNOTS
. 30 350 - 10 KNOTS
7 50 290 - 3 KNOTS
8.8 80 310 - 78 KNOTS
C. NONE
D. GOOD
E. NONE
F. NONE
VIII. A. NONE :
B. NONE B. NONE
C. NONE
IX. NONE
X. UNKNOWN
E
I. I. COC CONTROLLER
A. POSSIBLEA/C
XII. A. NONE
B. NONE
XIII. NONE
BT
25/0222Z OCT RJEPNB
2

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PAGE THREE RJEPNE 49
IX. A. NONE
X. A. NONE 1 (
XI. A. PLANET MARS 1y0
-
XII. A. NONE
XIII. A. NONE
BALLONS HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN LAUNCHED IN
THE 26TH AIR
ET L
15/28472 OCT RJEPNE
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ars a photo teehnioian with sane khowledge of optioal canputationa,
sinple mathematical oulculationa will inuieate that an objeet as 7o,cco
fees, and appearing naked ee, would be
of sueh trwnendoun : aizs teat in all robability ta pogulaee of many
puloasing
In many instanoea, balloone as higa alticudea and over ioeatione thas
are in tota) darkaeae will glow with a brilliant red or orange light
rofleoting frdw the sido and under surfaees of the balloon. This results
frowm the slanting rays of the sun that may be some docreea behind the
borison and iuvisible to the cround obaerver. The majority of ballcons
lounchod at night carry lights,
Fle
7 .

If you wers an oboerver
desire, eocdnglith the standard Air Foren iDo ghobtlomnaire attacbed
herowith and rotura to this Cenber. herowith and otura to bhdo Center. Cartaia details and other necassary Cartaia detalls and other necaseary
data roguired for analysis end fium data roguired r analyois and fiun conclsion are lacking in yote lot- conclnsion are lacking in yotw lot-
tor. Therefore, is would also be approcisted is you would inciuda a
Btatenent oo to the methods, ccnputations Btatenent os to the mothods, conputations und inatrimenbs ased in arriv-
ing at sund of tho data sulmitsed in your letter; for exumple. the ing at sund of tho data sulmltted in your letter; for exnaple, the
Your in is azor
Sincerelye Sinceraly.
2 Inels
L. beD News Halease and
Lunmary
2. USAF UVO Gues

This quustionnaire has baan propared so that you can givs the U. S. Air Forcs as much
information as possiblo concerning th the unidontified aorial phenomenon that you have observed.
Plaase try to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The information that you give will
be usod for ret h purposas, and will be regarded as confidential material. Your name will not
be used in connection with any stataments, conclusions, or publications without your permission.
Wa roquest this parsona! information so that, if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for
further details.
1. Whan did you sse the object? 2.Tima of day: - 5 15
Hour Minutes
13 OcI 1956
Day Month Year (Circle One): A.M. or P.M.)
3.Time zone: 5
(Circla One): (Circla One): a. (Eastarn) a. Eastarn (Circls Ons): (Circls Ons): a. Daylight Saving a. Daylight Saving
b. Contral Contral b. Standard b. Standard
c. Mountain
d. Pacific
•. •, Other _
4. Whore wore you when you sow the object? whon you sow the object?
UNIONVILLE NEW YORK
Noarost Postal Addross Noarost Pogtal Addross City or Town Stote or Country
Additional romarks: Addiltional romarks:
5. Estinote how long you saw the object. OiE FORTY-FIVE
Hours Minutes Seconds
5.1 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 5.
Cortain c.Not very sure
b. Fairly certoin d. Just a guess
What was the condition of the sky?
(Cirele One): a. Bright daylight d. Just a trace of daylight
b. Dull daylight No trace of daylight
Bright twilight .Don't remember
7IF you saw the object during DA IGHT, TWILIGHT, or AWN, where was the SUN located as you looked at
the object?
(Circle One): a. In front of you d. To your left
b. In back of you e. Overhead
c. (To your right) f. Don't remember
ATIC FORM NO. 154 (13 OCT 54)

FIRST OGSERJED BUT
b. A lew BRIGHTER THANANY STAR b. Dull moonlight
c. Many A7 6!00 PM. c.No moonlight - pitch dork
d. Don't ramomber d. Don't remember
.Was the object brightor than the background of the sky?
(Circle One): (a. Yos) b. No c. Don't remember
IF it was BRiGHTER THAN the sky background, wes the brightness like that of an automobile headiight?:
(Circla One) a. A mils or more away (a distant car)?
b. Saveral blocks away?
c. A block away?
Several yards away?
e. Other
1.Did the object: (Circle One for each question)
a. Appeor to stand still at any time? Yes, No Don't Know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any tima? Yos No Don't Know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes No Don't Know
d. Give off smoke? - - SOMETHING Yes No Don't Know
Change brightness? Change brightness? APPEAREO -\sr$ RIGUT Yes Yes No Don't Know
3. 3. B LEFT ALTEATING T LEFT ALTE GATINU
f. Change shape? Change shape? es es No No Don't Know
g. Flicker, throb, or pulsate? g. Flicker, throb, or pulsate? (Yes) Yes) No Don't Know
Did the object move behind something at anytine, particularly a cloud? .Did the object move behind something at anytine, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. !F you answared YES, then toll what
i moved behind:_ AT T100 P.N.IT THE
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, than tell what
VENY RIGHT-BLUiJN.TE 02 FLOARESCENT
14, Did tha object appear: (Circle Ona): a. Solid? b. Transparent? c. Don't Know,
Did you observe the objoct through any of the following?
c. Eyeglasses Yos No . Binoculars Yos No
b. Sun glasses Yes No f. Telescopa Yas No
c. Windshield Yes No g. Theodolits
d. Window gloss Yes No h. Other.

an arrow beaide the drawing to show the directlon the obloct was moving.
FIRST IMPRESSION WAS TAT IT WAS ROAND BUTON
WATCITINGIT FOR AWHILE ITCHANGED SHAPE
WHiit IAAY HAUA BEAN 14R 15 .0M/2 SABSPANCE
COMING FRAAAFIASTTRG RIGHTTIEN
ALTERNATIOG
8. The odgas of the object were: Y8. The odgas of the object were:
(CIrel Ona): o.(Fuzzy or blurrod) (Cirels Ona): o. Fuzzy or blurrod) . Other . Other
b. Like a bright star
c. Sharply outlined c. Sharply outlinod
d. Don't remember
. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how mony were there?
.

THIS OBJECT ORIFTEL EAST
FR0M 5?15 PM ANTIL 6iso Pn.ATo!sPn 11
CHANGED IN S/ZE aNLY
IF PossiBLE, try to guess or estimate what the real size of the object was In Its longest dimenalon.
feet.
22. How large did the object or objects cppe as comparod with one of the following objects held in the hand
and at about arm's length?
(Circle One): Head of a pin g. Silver doliar
b. Pea h. Baseboll
c. Dime 1. Grapefruit
d. Nicket T. Basketball
. Quarter k. Other
f. Half dollar
22.1 (Cirels One of the following to Indicats how certain you are of your answer to Question 22.
G. Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certaln d.Uncortain
23. How did the object or objects disappear from view? AT 6iO N. T TEET
CHANGED FROM THE SIZE OE ABASRETBA 7 S/ZE
BEDPINHBADIN ONEMINUNE SEDPINHBALINONEMINANE
24. In ordor that you can give as cloar a plcture as posalble of what you saw, we would like for you to imagine that you could
construct the objoct that you saw. Of what type matorlal would you make It? How large would it be, and what shape
would It have? Doscribe in your own words a common oblect or objoets whlch when plaeed up In the sky would give the
sams appearance os the oblect which you sow.

e. At sea f. Flying over open country?
f. Other g. Other
2.What were you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it?
Li NARA WiisHM F sEs. IE Yo WSRE
F OF DDDSSSOLT MUSS IT DSIT WAS SABRLE
5
28.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One)
a. North c. East e. South g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
28.2 How fast were you moving? miles per hour.
28.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object?
(Circle One) (Circle One) Yes Yes No
29. What direction were you .What direction were yo when you first saw I object? (Circle One)
c. North North c. East Fact South g. West W
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwast h. Northwest
30. What direction were you looking when you last saw the object? (Circle One)
a. North c. East e. South g· Wost
b. Northeast d.Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
31. If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the object was
from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation).
31.1 When it first appeared:
a.From true North degrees.
b. From horizon . degrees.
31.2 When it disappeared:
a.From true North degrees. )
b. From horizon.. degrees.
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