PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8861939

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONOlean New York

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
1l August 1958 Olean, New York 0 Prabably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local Ground- Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
100 Probably Aireraft
GMT11/19457 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. 'PHOTOS . SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
XXNo Civilian PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other
OK Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknowm Unknown
10 secs one one SE SE
BRIEF SUMM OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
Rnd, silver obj, size of normal plate. Rnd, silver obj, size of normal plate. Speed in range of meteor
Had loud roar. Disappeared Had loud roa ar. Disappeared in SE at unless obj very iow. If this unless obj iow. If this
5,O00 ft. Observed initially in NW. low a/c identification should
Daylight sighting. Baylight sighting. have been accomplished. Not
possible for reflection to be
fm a/c due to angles of sun of sun
created by distance created by distance traversed. traversed.
Data incomplete for analysis. Data incomplete f analysis.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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UFOB 1. (A)ROUND •
(B) NORMA PLATE the
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(D) ONE •
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(F) NEGATIVE
(G) NEGATIVE •
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(B) VISUAL (BY NAKED EYE)
(C)NEGATIVE
4. (A) 1119452 1945--3-=1 44s-
. (B) DAY-TIME
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6. (A)
(B) N/A
7. (A) CLEAR
(B) WINDS FROM NORTH AT 8 KNOTS
(C) INDEFINITE
(TEN MILES
(E) NONE
(F) NONE (F) NONE
8. NONE
9. NONE
1€. NEGATIVE
11. RECEIVED BY FILTER CENTER CMA CANTON CMA OHIO FILTER CENTER CMA CANTON CMA OHIO
12. NEGATIVE
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9:30
, 13 ng
17 September 1958
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Dear
This is to acknowledge your letter of 13 August 1958 concern-
ing an unidentified flying object sighted by your son on 10 August
1958 at Collinsville, 1958 at Collinsville, Illinois. Your letter contained Your letter contained insufficient insufficient
data to result in a data to resutin a valid conclusion. However, the color of the color of the
object strongly Sugges bolide reball. ball.
For your information I inclosing inclosing latest Department of Department of
Defense Fact Sheet Defense • Fact Sheet dated 5 November 1957 on on the subject of
unidentified flying objects. flying 3 objects.
Sincerely, Sincerely,
Inel LAWRENCE J. TACKER
Major, USAF
Executive Officer
Public Informtion Division
Office of Information Services
Collinsville, Illinois
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