PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7228773

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONHollis Long Island NY

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bolloon
19 September 1957 Hollis Long Island, N Y x Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP . TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local X Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft
GMT 19/1905Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 00 Probobly Astronomical
Q.No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
3 minutes one NW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round object size of basketball l at Probably balloon with winds
anm's length, shiny, silver or grey, accounting for unusual speed.
looked like balloon, but speed unusual
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AR RJEPHO RJEPNB RJEDEN RJEDWP 3-4X2
DE RJEPNY 95
2 1920452 I
COMDR 26ADIV ROSLYN AFS ROSLYN NY ati
RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO C0:14.
AJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATERSON AFF CHIC C
RJEPHO/DIR INTEL_HQ USAF VASH 25 DC 98
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I AISS STEWART I AFE NY
INFO EADF STENART AFF NY
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: /UNCLASSIFIED/CITE INBR C U
B: ATTN: -EADF-ATTN CIC:
(1) DESCRPTICN:
(A) ROUND
(B) TWICE SIZE OF BASKETBALL (B) TWICE SIZE OF BASKETBALL AT ARMS AT ARMS LENGTH
(C) SHINY, SILVER R OR GRAY OR R GRAY (
(D) ONE (
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(E) NA
(T) NONE, LOOKED LIKE PALLCON AT SPEPOF DEPARTURE UNUSIAL
(G) NONE
(D) NCNE
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(7)_WEATHER =
(A) CLEAR - NO CLOUDS
(E) SURFACE SSE 2 ed
,698 DEG 5KT
10,' GPRP DEG 35KT
16,'343 This
DEG 1SKT C
2-,80'350 DEG 13KT murd
39,990' 290 C
DEG 31KT
5,22 290 t NW
DEG 34KT C
80,220' 11 DEG 3 KT
(C) CLEAR C
(D) 15MILES C
(E) CLEAR
(F) NONE C
(8) NONE C
(9) NONE
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C
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C
PAGE PAGE FOUR FOUR RJEPNY 95 RJEPNY 95 C
(10) CESERVER SAW DC-6 AT LOW ALTITUDE IN THE VICINITY ! C
(11) INTEL OFFICER, AIR
CTABLE WeATHER $
SURFACE AND LOWER ALTITUDE (
WINDS COULD HAVE CAUSEDD
C"SIRVATION AT TIME AND IN C
LOCATION OBSERVED.
(12) NONE
BT
19/21357 SEP R.IFPNY
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PAGE TTU RJEPNY 95 4
.. .
(I) NONE
(2) DESCRIPTION OF COURSE
(A) AIRCRAFT IN THE VICINITY C
(3) DIRECTLY OVERHEAD
(C) ON HORIZON (
(D) SLOW AT FIRSI, THEN SUDDENLY MOVER RY FAST C
(E) MAINTAINED NEAR SOME ALTITUDE, DI SAPPEARED HORIZON
(F) APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES (
(3) MANNER CF OESERVATION: (
(A) GROUND VISUAL
(B) NONE (
(C) NA.
(4) TIME & DATE OF SIGHTING
(A) 191925Z SEP
DAY (
(S) IDENTIFYING VTIFYING INY ALL OTSERVERS ALL OTSERVERS
(A) 32
S
HOLLIS, L.I. N.Y.
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