PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8684084

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1961

REPORTED LOCATIONMiddle Village N Y

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
10 Oct 61 1 Middle Village, N.Y. Was Balloon
000 Probobly Bolloon
DATE-TIME GROUP |4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
3.
Local_ 1115 PM Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probobly Aircraft
GMT 11/04152 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 1 6. SOURCE n Was Astronomicol METEOR
Y.s 0 Probably Astronomical
No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE 0 Other..
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1 0 Unknown
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Shooting star burning "1. commenrs Duration not included. Addition
out. Looking E fm N.Y. Flat trajectory. Objt info requested and not asnwered. Case
Imoving fm N to S at 3o elev. Size, distance, considered as Meteor sighting since anotier
Junknown. Lide 4th of July rocket. Initially info indicates this conclusion.
locked like star but moved fast and then sparks looked like star but moved fast and then 1 sparks
forned tail. Light blue color. fore tail. Light blue color.
ATIC FORM 26 SEP 52)
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interest
From a position Letropolitan Ave ronue and Elliot averue Queens,
New Y,rk Cit appeared to be the burn out
of a rocket.
The trejectory was almost flat or horrizontal with
from Morth to South. The angle of my line object
and the ground was ap:
Distance is unknown as size is unknown, but relstive acgearance
would be comoarable to s high fourth of July type rooket - but
on a flat traject es ,except rned out.
At first it was as bright as a stsr, but moved very fest, then
a few sparks formed a short straight a few sparks formed a short straight tail & tail & it burned cut with burned cut with
a light bulb color - net a carbon white 8i light bulb color - n arbon white or very white white. hite white. .
Burn out location relative to my position wes spprexirately at
2 o'clock.
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23 October 1961
Dea
Your recent letter to the National Asronautics and Space
Adninistration has been referred to the Air Force.
In your letter describe what might have been a bolide
or fireball type meteor. However, there are some additional details
we would like if you can furnish them. Consequently, I bave enclosed
a questd onnaire which ve would like for you to camplete. When
completed, please enclose pre-addressed franked
mail.
Your inte sighting ated.
Sincerely,
WILLIAM T. COLEMAN, JR. WILLIAM T. COLEMAN, JR.
Major, USAF
UFO Projeet Ofricer UFO Projeet Officer
Public Iniormation Division Public Iniormation Division —-
Office of Information Office of Information
Middle Village Middle Village N.Y.
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