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New York, NY, August 1959

Date of account
1959-08
Location
New York, NY
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS OK Was Balioon 25.Aug_59 口 Probably Balloon New York,MY 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local DGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 ProboblyAircraft 2400Z AirVisual Air-lnterceptRadar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes 口 Probably Astronomical XONo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 5-10mins one vertically 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS White obj,like a white sparkling star Verified as balloon fm internationa size of half dollar, had double exhaust w airport. immediate spubts. Disappeared upward into clouds. ATIC FORM 329 (RXY 26SEP 52)

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