PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6968136

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONGriffiss AFB New York

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
5 December 1957 Griffiss AFB, New York 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Locel 1954 MST Ground-Visual Ground-Radar XOX Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT 06/0054Z AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
No Military Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERV ATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for
Unknown
5 minutes one West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object appear Did Sputnik ruled out. Although
not twinkle flu- observer indicatdd object did not
ctuated slightly was off- resemble a/ he flight path,
white or yellowish appeared to move speed, durat io of sighting and
very fast. No sound. The object appear-// description indicate this
ed to be very distant and did not com probability.
pare at all with a/c sightings in the pare at all with a/c sightings in the
area at the time. area at the time.
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ATIC FORM 329 V 26 BEP 52)
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HEADQUARTERS
ROME AIR FORCE DEPOT
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
GRIFFIS NEW YORK
TO SPEED DELIVERY of your reply,
ADDRESS COMMUNICATION tO
attention of MRISS DEC 1 1 1957
SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects
TO: Commander
Air Defense Command
Attn: Director of Intelligence
Ent Air Force Base
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Attached correspondence forwarded to your office
compliance withlatest rectives. No material was rwarded to
ATIC.
FOR T THE COMMANDER:
1 Incl JOHN N. ROGERS
Report of Major, USAF
yehief, Security Division Division
Inspector General Inspector General
ADODI-B ADODI-B 1st Ind 1st Ind 18 DEC 1957
Headquarters, Air Defense Command, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Air Force Base. Colorado
TO: Commander, Air Technical Intelligence Cente : AFCIN N4E4,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
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MRAFD FORM 1 MORE AIR FORCE PER DOLLAR!
21 JUN 56

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It was to the left of the bottom star in the dipper that the appeared
at 1954 EST.
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