PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6967651

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONWantagh N Y

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Balloon
13Apr 58 Wantagh, N.Y. 00 Probably Balioon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bulloon
Lecal CGround-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. GMT 14/04207 Air-Visual AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 6. SOURCE TxWas Astronomical Meteor txWas Astronomical Meteor
OYes 00 D Probably Astronomical
No Civilian Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE Other
000 Insufficient Data Insufficient Data for Evaluation for Evaluation
Unknown
4-5 secs three ENE
IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING I1. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
Three circular objs traveling in a Sighting characteristic of meteo
horizontal line, size of full horizontal line, size of full moon, which has broken up. 30 deg are
glowing, but not glowing, but not bright. bright. Disappearance in 4-5 secs meteor speed. in 4-5 secs meteor speed, Bolides
by fading out. by fading out. can appear as group of can appear as group of lights in
formation. format
ATIC FORM 329 (RZY 25 SEP 52)

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DE RJEDSQ 8428
P 14 APR 58
FM HQ 2500 AB GROUP MITCHELL AFB NY
TO HQ USAF (ATTN AFCIN-A, WASHDC TO HQ USAF (ATTN AFCIN-4, WASHDC
COMDR AF CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH RESEARCH ER HANSCOM AFB MASS ATTN SPACE TRACK
COMDR ADC ENT
COMDR 16 AD ROSLYN AF STA NY
COMDR ATIC WP AFB OHIO bevent
ASST CHIEF OF STAFF INTELL HQ USAF WASHDC
OFF OF INFORMA USAF WASHDC
BT
/UNCLASS EFT0/ FROM NTL142-540P.
FOR HQ USAF ATTN AFCIN-4AND AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE C CENTER
CITE MOON DUST A-25111.FOR COMDR AF CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTER
CITE SPACE TRACK. FOLLOWING INFORMATION FURNISHED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 2ED-2 UFO: PARA A. (1) CIRCULAR) IN SHAPE/
PARA (3) NOT BRIGHT BUT GLOWED, PARA (4)(3. PARA (5) 3 IN (
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FEET NNW
TNW
PARA COLUMN WNW
LL 232002 FEET
PARA COLUMN 1 280/39.COLUMN 2 80000 FEET
290/18. PARA (3)
HIGHT SCATTERED.PARA (4) 20 MILES.PARA (5) 1 TENTH
PARA I. NEGATIVE. PARA J. 5 TO 1S MINUTES LATER 4 ENGINE
AIRCRAFT PASS ON A HEADING DUE WEST, LOW ALTI a/c
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