South Salem, New York, August 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-08
- Location
- South Salem, New York
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT·10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 25 August 1956 South Salem, New York 口 Probabiy Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aireroft Loc45 EDT(PM) KGround-Visuol 只 Probobly Aireroft 26/0045Z 口 Possibly Aireroft GMT Ai~Visuol D Air-lntercopt Rodor S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol OYos 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical OKNo 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Dote for Evaluotion 口 Unkno wn 5 minutes NE IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Probable A/C. One object,bullet shaped,size of half dollar,color like polished brass Object had long tail of smoke and sparks.Object moved with about'the same speed as an airlinter.No sound and flew straight and level till out of sight,but tail of smoke still visible after obgect disappeared. ATIC PO
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