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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6781724

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONMerrick Long Island NY

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"I PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Was Balloon
8 November 1957 Merrick Long Island, NY 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Locel_ .Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
Probably Aireraft
GMT_ 08/1510Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicel
Yes 0 Probably Astrenomical
RNo Civilian 0 PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE 0 Other.
0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
KxUnknown
not given one not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Three and a half foot long bar, bluish Unidentified.
with a swishing sound. Instantaneous
blue flash. blue flash.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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- ∴, UFOB INDEX CARD AISS-UFOB-534-57
I. DATE 2. LOCATION. 12. CONCLUSIONS
Merrick, LI, NY. 0 Was Balloon 7
00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
08/15102 Nov 57 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Ys Civilian 000 Probably Astronomical
No Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE Other ,Prob Optical
H00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Instantaneous One Unknown Unknown
IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One long bar, 3 feet long, bluish in Coneur with Reporting Officer that
color. Observer noted a awishing sound. this sighting jx was probably caused by
Object was seen "instan eoualy". Optical Phenomena.
AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) s- -the pos.tos
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RR RJEPNE RJEPHQ RJEDDN RJEDWP
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TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC
RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC 1:12
RJEPHQ/AC OF S INTEL HQ USAF
INFO RJEPN INFO RJEPNB/COMDR EADF EADF
12 Nov57 18 53
BT 57 18 53
/UNCLASS/UFOB REPORT ATTNI CIC EADF
(DESCRIPTION:
(A)LONG BAR 3 1/2 FT
(B)SEE (D)-S/ZE?
(C)ELUISH
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(E) N/A (
(F) N/A
(G) NONE OTHER THAN IN PARA 1 (
(H)A SWISHING NOISE. (
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DESCRIPTION OF COURSE
(∴) SITTING IN LIVIN
G ROOM & HEARD & SAW BLUE FLASH.
(C) NAS A21MUThS?
(D) N/A-F/GhT PATh ME50A (
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(F) INSTANTANEOUS -HOW lON9 WAS lighT seen
3)MANNER OF OBSERVATION: C
GROUND - VISUAL C
N/A
C)N/A
TIME & DATE OF SIGHTING (
A08/1519Z NOV 57 -=1010 1010
B DAY BDAY (
5SEE ) 5SEE 6) C
()I IDENTI YING INFC YI ALL OBSERVERS LL OBSERVERS
MRS (A) MRS C
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(7) WEATHER
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(A) MITCHEL AFB 1500Z
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(B) N/
(C) 7 M √
(D) 2000 SCATTERED 7000 BROKEN 7 MILES
(=)(/8
(F) NONE (
(8) N/A
(S) N/A
(10)N/A C
(ID) T/SGT F DINSMORE NCOIC D/INT.
WOMAN SAID SHE THOUGH IT WAS THE LIGHTS, I E BAD SOCKET
NOWHERE, NO BULBS WERE BURNED OUT & LIGHTS STAYED ON .
WOMAN SAID SHE HAD NOT EEEN DRINKING, NOR A "QUACK"AND
THAT A NEIGHBOR WAS WITH HER AT THE TIME. NO WINDOWS WERE
BROKEN, THERFORE, MUST HAVE BEEN A FLASH OF LIGHT,
COMMENT: IT BEING A HEAVEILY DUSK DAY, OSBUCATION COULD
POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN FROMPI FLASH LAMP IN NEIGHBERING C
HOUSE OR OUTDOORS_
(12) NEG Concur:
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