20 Mi E Of Cochise, N.M., February 1955February 1955

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 20 Mi E Of Cochise, N.M., February 1955 in February 1955. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 22.

Reported location

20 Mi E Of Cochise, N.M., February 1955

Date of incident

February 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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JATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| J Was Balloon |
1 lo Rehruare 1988 1. 20 Mi X.of Cochise NM... @  Frobably Balleen |
. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Fosibly Bellooh
3 Vi Shi 00 Was Aircraft
EH ES ER 0 Ground- Visual Q Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
E Lo ONT 0 2 LORSHL.. Shih L£-Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
1 5 PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
J Rey 0 Possibly Astranomical
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3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [1 Jae ©] 1 1] Prot mn ae bes et mse eve
; 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 Spherical, Red & white, Very bright, UNIDENT RIT ED iii Sok |
4 A gk , 2 GT ow hoy 7 et ’\
! Object hovered off left wing of a Hou fb
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961025

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

20 Mi E Of Cochise

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-02-01