PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6969118

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONKingston Pennsylvania

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K Te PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
QO Was Balloon
22 August 1957 Kingston, Pennsylvania! ny. ators cae
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossibly Balloon
QO Wos Aircroft
Local — X@ Ground- Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircroft
GOMT__22/23302Z (Dusk) D Air Visual O Air-intercept Radar |9 Possibly Aircraft Vonus
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE EX Was Astronomical Jupiter
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
XO Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
e poet hae Dote for Evaluation
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1 hr 15 minutes two westerly ee
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINO 1}, COMMENTS

Two objects, circular, Ist was twice Venus & Jupiter,
as larg as basketball, @nd twice size
of grapefruit, color Ist white, @nd

orange, obj disappeared over horizon, |

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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/UNCLASSIFIED/ACDODO-215. SUBJECT: UFOB REPORT.

(1) DESCRIPTION: (A) CIRCULAR (B) FIRST WAS TWICE AS LARGE AS A
BASKETBALL, SECOND WAS TWICE AS LARGE AS A GRAPE FRUIT (C) FIRST
WAS WHITE, SECOND WAS ORANGE (D) TWO (E) PARALLEL (F) NONE

(G) NONE (H) NONE (1) ONLY OBJECT IN SKY (2) DESCRIPTION OF
CoUCFAs ¢A) ATTENTION WAS CALLED TO OBJECT BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY
OBJECT IN SKY (B) @7@ DEGREES, 15,088 FEET, WESTERLY (C) 15,809FT
(D) SLow, SLOWER THEN FAST (E) DISAPPEARED OVER HORIZON (F) 1 HOUR

15 MINUTES (3) MANNER OF OB ERVATIONs (A) GROUND-VISUAL (B) NONE

(C) N/A €4) TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING: (A) 2338Z 22 AUGUST 1957

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(B) DUSK (5) LOCATION OF OVSERVERSSGROOWOMMOOUMEEY, KINGSTON, PA.
(6) IDENTYFYING INFORMATION OF ALL OBSERVERS: (AMMMOUIFE ,

SRRRER oTHER UR - FATHER (RC, USN,
SEAMAN WAS SOBER (7) WEATHER & WINDS-ALOFT CONDITION AT TIME &
PLACE OF SIGHTING: (A) NO CLOUDS, VISIBILITY VERY GOOD (B) SURFACE
~ SE, 18 KNOTS, 6,080 FEET - 696 DEGREES, 19 KNOTS, 19,009 FEET -
36% DEGREES, 7 KNOTS, 16,0@@ FEET - 36% DEGREES, 28 KNOTS, 28,922
FEET - 348 DEGREES, 26 KNOTS, 38,099 FEET - 258 DEGREES, 35 KNOTS,
59,009 FEET - 26@ DEGREES, 13 KNOTS, 88,808 FEET - 98% DEGREES, 12
KNOTS (C) ZERO (D) 15 MILES (E) NONE (F) NONE (8) NONE
(9) NONE (16) 15 MINUTES AFTER OBJECT FADED COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT
SIGHTED ¢{1) 1ST LT JAMES R REGESTER, USAF ADDC SENIOR DIRECTOR -
POSSIBLE DISOLUTION. SIGHTED BY ONLY ONE FAMILY IN HIGHLY POPULATED
AREA (12) NONE