DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8723031
DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1962
REPORTED LOCATIONPoughkeepsie New York
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* PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS ~
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25 August 1962 v -Poukospste, Now York AI “tees AE ph |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Eee y awn
Local — —_— — Ground. Visual O Ground-Rodar 3 Srobetls hiverate
¥ GuT.__.25/0140Z7 _ —e 3 Air Vi sual Air-lntercept Radar GO Possibly Aircraft
5 PHOTOS 6. SOURCE x Was Astronomical tar
0 Yes C) Probobly Aatrensnieet
ich XXNe Civil ian K - O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other. te atte
0 Insufficient Deta for Evaluation
O Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
Obj size of baseball, size of svvening | Small size & duration of Sighting
star, color fire-red with tail of indicate astronomical body. Sudde
fire observed overhead. Moved fm 90 rising indicated by refracticn
dyer to tree-top level & then back to as body sets. Both Vega & Deneb
90 dgr. Moved fm side to side, disappeared// were in the area indicated
while head of observer was turned, | Bt the initial sighting.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)
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UNCLAS BOOIN 23513 FOR ADOIN.
SUBJ: UFOB REPORT IAW AFR 299-2. As DESCRIPTION OF THE
OBJECT: (1) SHAPE: EVENING STAR. (2) SIZE: BASEBALL. (3)
COLOR; FIRE RED. (4) NUMBER: ONE OBJECT. (5) FORMATION:
NYA. (6) NO DISCERNIBLE DETAILS. (7) TAIL OF FIRE. (8) NO
SOUND. Be DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: (€1) OBSERVER
NOTICED MOVEMENT IN THE SKY. (2) FIRST APPEARED AT 9@
DEGREES IN THE NORTHERN SKY. (3) DISAPPEARED WHILE HEAD
WAS TURNED. (4) OBJECT MOVED FROM 9@ DEGREES TO TREE TOP
LEVEL BACK TO 90 DEGREES THEN FROM SIDE TO SIDE. (35) N/A
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C6) OBJECT WAS VISIBLE FQ ONE ¢1) HOUR. Ce. MANNER OF O3B-
SERVATION: ¢€1) OBSERVATION WAS GROUND-yISUAL. ¢€2) NO OPTI-
CAL AIDS USED. D. DATE AND TIME OF SIGHTING: (1) 25 AUG 625
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2148 HOURS LOCAL DST (@149Z). C2)SNIGHT. E. OBSERVER WAS
LOCATED APPR QXIMNATELY 5 MILES NORTH OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW
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YORK, NEAR WHERE ROUTES 44 AND 55 INTERSECT Sv. Fo. QU
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qe, 5. sve. TRAIWING CENTER, 75
OAKLEY ST, POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK. Ge WEATHER AND WINDS
ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIGHTING: ¢€1) 91992
CLEAR 19 MILES, WINDS 4 KNOTS. (2) 6,999 FEET 239/13, 19,909
FEET 2398/8, 16,009 FEET 172/98, 20,690 FEET 192/96, 39,009 FEET
152/08, 50,0900 FEET 990/22, 80,009 FEET 989/14. (3) NO CEILING.
(4) 19 MILES. (5) NO CLOUDS. ¢6) NO THUNDERSTORMS.
H, NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OR CONDITIONS. I. NONE J. N/A
Ke LOJELL A KLEIMAN, 2D LT, USAF, OFFICER OF THE Day,
STEYART AFB, NY, CONTACTED NYCC WHO SAID THEY HAD NOTHING
IN THE AREA, POUGHKEEPSIE RADIO HAD NOTHING IN THE AREA.
M. NONE
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