PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6969830

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONOcean Side Long Island N Y

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

12. CONCLUSIONS

QO Wes Bolloon

10 December 195 Dcean Side, Long Island, N.Y}, Probably Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon

en Season es e) Se ee 4X Ground- Vi sual
omt_12/9435Z D AirViwol

Was Aircraft
O Ground-Radar Probobly Aircroft

0 Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft

5. PHO e Tell = =
. 0 Yes

20 Military & Civilian

ti {XxXWas Astronomico! Meteor
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomicol

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

short ; one

-_——

9. COURSE Other

Insufficient Data for Evaluction
Unknown

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_East

10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Object with appearance of rocket
case shaped like pencil front,
Bright white like moon, Looked like
comet or shooting star.

| ATIC FORM 3729 (REV 26 SEP 52)

1). COMMENTS —
Meteor sighting,

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INTELL 1..A. APPEARE ED TO BE ROCKET CASE SHAPED LIKE PENCIL FRONT,

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B. SIZE UNK, Too DISTANT C{ BRIGHT WHITE LIKE MOON) D. ONE. E. N/A

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F. N/A. 8 NEG. 9. NEG, 19, UNK. 11, GEORGE H. TULLY, CAPT. USAF, AIR-

DROME OFFICER, HQ FIRST AF UNK. 12. N/A. PD END.
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