PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6959236

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONLevittown L I New York

FRAMES7

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1. Levittown, L.I. New York D Was Balloon
21 November 1957 2. Haddenfield, New Jersey 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OSSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aireraft
0 Probobly Aireroft
GM22/00152 22/0046Z AinVisual Air-Intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicdl Meteor
Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
No Civilian DX Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_
l. few seconds l. few seconds 000 00 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
2. not given one not given
IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUM SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1. Streak light, then a flash of This is characteristic and color
blue-green brilliant light. blue-green brilliant light. of a meteor. (limited information
2. Explosive small red burst with given) given)
sound of explosion. sound of explosion.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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(C) BLUE GREEN FLASI
CDYONE citerns
CH GOULD NOT HEAR NOISECINSIDE OF CAP CH GOULD NOT HEAR NOISECINSIDE OF CAP EEIS. EEIS
(2) DESCRIPTION OF COURSE (2) DESCRIPTION OF COURSE
(A) BRILLIANT LIGHT −
(B)
UNK UNK :
itpath Poss meteonite Poas miteorite ( (
(D) ACROss- plight path (D) AC
CE) DISAPPEARED WITH FLASH (ASTrO) (
CF)FEW SECONDS
(3) MANNER OF OBSERVATION:
(A) GROUND VISIIAL (
(NONE
(4) _TIME & DATE OF SIGHTING (
(A) 0045Z 22 NOV 0045-5=1945
(5) LEVETTOUN LONG ISLAND NEW YORK
(A)MRS LEVETTOWN (
(7)WEATHER
(A) CLEAR
(B) SURFACE 230 DEG 6 KT

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6000 280 DEG 30 KT
10000 290 DEG 45 KT
16000 260 DEG 70 KT
20000 260 DEG 90 KT
30000 260 DEG 120 KT (
500002 250 DEG 100 KT
80000 240 DEG 50 KT
(C) NONE (
(D) 15 MILES
(E) NONE
(F) NONE -
(8) NONE
(9) NONE
(10) NORMAL CIVILIAN TRAFFIC
(11) --*-- -----
(12)
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FM COMDR 25 ADIV DEF
TO RJEDDN/CONDR ADC TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC
RJEDSQ/COMDR ATIC RJEDSQ/COMDR ATIC
RJEPHQ/COMDR ACS INTEL
INFO RJEPNE/COMDR INFO RJEPNE/COMDR R EADF EADF o shape, sig, elivation, aimuth ao shape, sigs, elivation, aimuth
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(1) DESCRIPTION
(A) NONE -shape ? (
(B) UNK- sijo?
(C(RED
(D)①
(E) N/A
(F) LOOKED LIKE EXPLOSIVE BURST (SMALL) RED
(G) NONE -
(H) EXPLOSION (
(I) N/A
(2) DESCRIPTION OF COURSE (
(A) SOUND OF EXPLOSIOM

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(C) N/AC
(D) N/A-FlighT PATH (
(E) INSTANTANEOUS (No TIMe dUATION GEN)
(3) MANNER OF OBSERVATION: (
(A) EYE (
(B) NONE
(C) N/A (
(4) TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING -
(A) 22/30462 0046-5=1946
NIGHT(5) HADDENFIELD AJ QK 55 BLUE C
CHESTER PA QK 35 BLACK
(S) IDENTIFYING INFO OF ALL OBSERVERS
(A)MR A) I
4 HADDENFIELD NJ HADDENFIELD NJ
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(B) N/A
(7) WEATHER_. WEATHER_.
I (A)CLEAR (A) CLEAR
(B)SURFACE 200 DEG 6 KT 200 DEG 6 KT
6000' 280 DEG 39 KT 600D' 280 DEG 39 KT
13000' 278 DEG 45 KT
16000' 260 DEG 70 KT
20000' 260 D DEG 90 KT
30902' 260 D DEG 20 KT
50000' 250 DEG 103 KT
NONE 80000' 240 DEG (
G 50 KT
(D) 15 MILES
(E) NONE
(F) NONE (
(3) SUPERMARKED HAD GRAND OPENING THREE (3MILES FROM (
HADDENFIELD NJ SEARCHLIGHT
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JERSEYL SIGHTING
Two peoplo who live near each other in Highland Park, New Jersay,
but but who ddn't who iidn't know of each other's report, saw a fiery ball and a sha- flery ashA-
wer wer of spark of spark ashing through the sky at between 7:40 and 5 p.m. 21 5 p.M. 21
November. Airpcrt and the Trenton Filter Center said no objacts
had been had been r ported by planes in the area. planes in the area. CSI of New York reportad the CSI or Ns York reportad the
object had seen in New York City as well.h well. however. owever. A Brown Univ- A Browm Univ-
ersity astronomer said a meteor "of intense brilliance" atreaked scross ersity astronomer said a meteor "of intense brilliance" atreaked across
ths southarn sky (Brown is in Providence, Rhode Island). the southarn sky (Brown is in Providence, Rhode Island).