PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8680673

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1961

REPORTED LOCATIONN Y City N Y

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Was Balloon
27 Sen 61 N. Y. City, N. Y. 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local 1830 .Ground-Visual Ground-Radar A: Was Aircraft W/contrail
¤ Probably Aircraft
GMT 27/23507 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE Was Astronomical
Ys 000 Probably Astronomical
O.No Civilian PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
30 8e1 NE Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Lune range t tral- 11. COMMENTS Sighting at 1830 Loial. Orange
it yello dgot trive ling Mn dght trive Ling Cloud would be contreil refleeting the sn. reflecting the sn.
EJ 0 Ns. Ghservod for 3o den ut wiiehl"time Ns. Gbservsd for 3o dex st whieh"bime A Cage evaluited as a/a sighting. Cage evalunted , as a/a sighting. Speed of
Bontral by budidogh. beotrad by budidogh. BJt conslstant with Jet a/e ut BJt connlstent with Jet a/e ut wititude
os estimuted fn duration of sighting. os estiaited fn duration of sighting.
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ATIC FORM ATIC FORM 26 SEP 52)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MEESAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED MESSA! (
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INCOMI
AF IN: 1 11022 (27 Sep" 61)
INFO: CIN-14, SAFS-3, OOP-2, OC -CP-1 (21) o1
SMBC 011
ZCZCHQA644ZCJJN548
00 RJEZHQ Ure
DE RBEGUH H 008
ZNR
0 272351Z
FM COMEASTSEAFRON
TO RBEKHC/CINCLANTFLT
RJEZSN/CMDR 26 NORAD DIV
INFO RBEPW/CNO
RJWFALB/CINCNORAD
RJEZHQ/COFS USAF
RFEMVB/CANAIRDEF
RCEHC/CANFLAGLANT
RSEGUA/NAS NYK
TO NAVY GRNC
BT
UNCLAS.
FLYING OBJECT REPORT
FOLLOWING RECD BY NAS NYK VIA FONCON WITH OBSERVER
TRAILING OBJECT WHICH HAD SLIGHT YELLOW LIGHT TRAVELLING FROM
SOUT EASZ TO NORTH EAST OF OBSERVER'S POSITION AM
NEAR COLUMBUS AVE, NYC. OBSERVED FOR 30 SECONDS WHEN OBSCURED
BY SURROUND ING B ALT MILES. NO SOUND.
ONE OBJECT. del
NOTE : Advance to CIN at 272030
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