36.3N 73.55W (ATLANTIC), September 1955September 1955

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 36.3N 73.55W (ATLANTIC), September 1955 in September 1955. 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

36.3N 73.55W (ATLANTIC), September 1955

Date of incident

September 1955

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

4 Rg PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Ble

: |
: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIL .$
E 0 Was Balloon

| 21 sep 55 36.3N T73.55W (ATLANTIC) O Probably Belleon |
© | 3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Be CORNY Elen
a 0 Was Aircraft

- Locol 51723002 X) Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft

| GMT. es ree O Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar |= Possibly Aircraft

a 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical at

ER |] O Yes C1 Probably Astronomical |

E of No military DO Possibly Astronomical

~  |7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B Ofepiia anion ip |

a O Insufficient Data for Evaluation

i 10 min up 0 Unknown
MB er rr : 7 |
= |10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Id %strange Glowing,

~ | Upward (slowly) and circular motion. Moby Dick Balloon

‘!

- ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963706

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-09-01