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Case FileNARA NAID 28963842 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Alexandria, VAOctober 1955

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Alexandria, VA in October 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

Alexandria, VA

Date of incident

October 1955

State / country

VA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
RS : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

Lf Dave ur 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

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EF | 30ct 55 - Alexandria, Va a Grotebly. Daten
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION fs =i iat

EE  . i : ; : ‘0 Was Aircraft

E i Ly —_— FF Ground-Visuel O Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Aircraft

FE 1 omr : 0 Air Vial 83 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aireraft :
E fom ‘5. PHOTOS 2 6. SOURCE : o Yas Astronamicsl Mepeor

EE o robably Astronomica ;
: a / EID to civilian : IX Possibly Astronomical

© 17. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | & MUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |O Other. -

EE A a Viauificiany Data for Evaluation 3

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© 10." BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS §
~ + { Vapor trails, white, mo sound, two vapor Possible meteor. :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963842

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