28.53N 131.30E (Pacific), February 1956February 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 28.53N 131.30E (Pacific), February 1956 in February 1956. The full case file (4 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 24.

Reported location

28.53N 131.30E (Pacific), February 1956

Date of incident

February 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

ETE
: = PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ;
Bf 0 Was Balloon
11 February 1956 28,53N 131,.30E (Pacific) O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
[E30 pret ine Sr eS Ele le 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar = Probebly Avera
GMT 1 1 / 10 ] VA X Xir Visual 0 Air-Intercep? Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
| 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical i
0 Yes (Lvl O Probably Astronomical i
| ENo Military O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE a BR 0] Ss Se abt
: : BX Insufficient Data for Evaluation i
| not reported one southeast | Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
; Unidentified object heading 130 dgr Insufficient data, Possble jet
| about 2500 ft altitude, No marking o afcin jet stream, i
observed, Speed estimated 1,000 knots,
Yellow or amber light. Jack O'lanter
shape, :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964836

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1956 1956-02-01