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Case FileNARA NAID 28967222 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Adona, ArkansasAugust 1956

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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 Adona, Arkansas in August 1956. The full case file (6 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 26.

Reported location

Adona, Arkansas

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

AR / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
: PA / PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
28 August 1956 dona, Arkansas 5 Seetty Bettern
3. DATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bellesn
| POT R—— NL D Ground-Radar J le ug AIR
| CM BFAT 1 A ——. 0 Air Visual QO Air-Intercept Rodor O Possibly Aircraft
5. P g O Wos Astronomical Yenus
O Yes tX “Probably Astrenomicel
SHNe ivilian D Possibly Astronemicel
7. LENGTH OP. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TEE TT ———
slightly to - cern Date for Evaluation
at least one hour one SouthEast co fi
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One bright object which at first glanc Limited details of sighting
looked like a star. Object appeared to strongly indicate that sighting
give off rays and appeared much larger was probably caused by the
than a star. Object was stationary, bu Planet Venus.
moved slightly to the Southeast.,at
approximately 1100Z, Object was viewed :
visually for at least one hour. Manner [0
of disappearance was not given in ori-
zinal report,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
9 : : . : '
BER . |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967222

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