Salamanca, New York, August 1958
- Date of account
- 1958-08
- Location
- Salamanca, 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 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon Salamanca, New York 口 Probably Bolloon 2 August 1958 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircroft DXGround-Visual Ground-Rodar Local. 口 Probobly Aircraft 02/2300Z 口 GMT. Air-Intercept Radar 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 5.'PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomical 口Yes 口 Possibly Astronomical XKNo Civilian 9.COURSE kxothorCiatf 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknowm not rptd thousands failing 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Sample of foil sent for analysis. Spectrographic aualysis showed Thousands observed falling over objs to be Radar chaff similar area about several hundred feet to 2s Al as specific under wide.Glittered while in air. Pieces AMS 400l-b sheet stock. looked as though they were subjected to heat. Additional witnesses insist that
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