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Case FileNARA NAID 28966163 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Amarillo, Texas (Amarillo AFB), July 1956July 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 Amarillo, Texas (Amarillo AFB), July 1956 in July 1956. 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 25.

Reported location

Amarillo, Texas (Amarillo AFB), July 1956

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
RRL : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| IX XWos Bolloon
12 July 1956 Amarillo; Texas (Amarillo A YC rehanty Rit een
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
0 7. | [ea ROE AERO Co AE RE a XGround-Visual BX 0 Ground:-Radar 24 Pesbebly Avrcreft
GMT 13/ 0330Z DO Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aireralt
5. PHOTOS : . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
¥ Xo | Military (AF) O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ; NUMBER OF OBJECTS I COURSE O,0thet——
0 ' Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: : : o Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One oval, reddish object, the size of | Concur with the opinion of the
a pea held at arms length. First reporting officer that this
seen at 80 dgrs azimuth, 35 dgrs ele-| sighting was caused by a
vation; disappeared at 320 dgrs azi- weather balloon released at the
muth, 35 dgrs elevation, Seen for time of the initial report.
1.75 hours. Observer was looking
through window glass,
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966163

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Amarillo

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-07-01

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