PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7229089

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONLong Beach New York

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Balloon
3 November 1957 Long Beach. New York 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
Local1630 Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
CMT_ 03/2130Z AirVisuol Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE IxWas Astronomical Venus CX Was Astronomical Venus
UYes 0 D Probably Astronomical
No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2 to 5 min/still in sight Unknown Unknown
one stationary
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round obj, size of dime when bright. Fighters scrambled & rptd that Fighters scrambled & rptd that
Size of head of pin when dim. White, Size of head of pin when dim. White, Venus & search lights were the Venus & Search lights were the
changing brightness & emitting light only possible explanation for the
rays. sighting. Venus rptd bright & large
in direction of sighting.
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Mitti it
0748 Nly 4 0241'57
0ORC2 1lloy57 464
-0-007 YDD991 TYB010 TMA003NYAZ04
0O RJEDDN RJEDWP RJEPHQ RJEPNB 4-4x201
DE RJEPNY 2 hD
0 0401252 √
FM COMDR 26TH ADIV ROSLYN AFS
TO RJEDDN/CONDR ADC ENT AFB ' -
RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATERSON AFB RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATERSON AFB
RJEPHQ/DIR INTEL HQ USAF WASH DC
RJEPNB/COMDR DET 3 100674 AISS STEWART AFB
INFO RJEPNB INFO RJEPNB/C EADF EADI STEWART STEWART AFE
BT DT
/UNCLASSIFIED/UFOB WORKSHEET AND MESSAGE FORM. ATTN: CIC
(1) DESCRIPTION:
(A)/ROUND
BDIME WHEN VERY BRIGHT) VERY DIM (HEAD OF PIN)
(C) WHITE ASTrO
(D) ONE
(F) VERY BRIGHT-DIM/THEN BRIGHT. (VeNUs)
(G) (LIGHT RAYS
(H)NONE
JKI) (EMITTING LIGHT RAYS JKI) (EMITTING LIGHT RAYS
(A) ERIGHTNESS
(B)45 DEGREES (B) 45 DEGREES
(C) STILL UNDER OBSERVATION (
(F) 5 TO 2 MIN
(3) MANNER OF OBSERVATION: (
(A) NAKED EYE

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JKE) NONE
(C) NONE
(4) TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING
(A) 3 NOV 57 1 SOEST DAYLIGHT 1810EST DARK
(5) LONG BEACH TOWARDS ROCKAWAY
(A) 16
LONG BEACH NY STUDENT LB HS ¸
(B) 15 STUDENT
(7)WEATHER. -
(8) VENUS REPORTED BRIGHT VENUS REPORTED BRIGHT AND AND LARGE LARGE IN DIRECTION OF SIGHTING DIRECTION_OFSIGHTING (
BY LOCAL QESERVERS. BY LOCAL OESERVERS.
(9) FIGHTER'S SCRAMELED (9) FIGHTER'S SCRAMBLED REPORTED VENUS AND SEARRH LIGHTS VENUS AND SEARRH LIGHTS ONLY
POSSIBILITY IN THE AREA POSSIBILITY IN THE AREA
(1S) ONE ACFT PASSING TSY (1S) ONE ACFT PASSING TSY
(11) AC AND W SUPERVISOR CREW CHEIF ON DUTY DUE TO FACSTS C
MENTIONED ITEM 8
BT
04/0126Z NOV RJEPNY
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