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Case FileNARA NAID 28965685 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Amarillo, TexasMay 1956

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 Amarillo, Texas in May 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

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

TX / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
Ai. 2 S PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD vit :
DEE Ema I I IES SESE ee
1. DATE 12. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| XH Wos Bolloon
22 May 1956 AmspAlle, Toxas = 13 Eiobeily Beis
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
; O Was Aircraft
| ee Ra yy, CY 0 Broke dean
oe : Sehr Visio) 0 Air-Intercept Radar _ O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE DO Was Astronomical
O Yes (&) Probably Astronomical
A No Civilian & Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
Sgt ute DORNER Fic Dal RY AAI Se MA LALA
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Ee SU —
i B neultictan) Dota for Evaluation
one & one half hour one stationary Sia
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round object, the size of a pea Received by letter, a copy of
; held at arm'glength, a bright golden | which is attached for your
color, appeared in the NW at an anglg information. Concur with the
| of elevation of 45 dgr & faded fm opinion of the reporting officer
: sight in approx the same location, that this sighting was definitel:
1 caused by a balloon with a brigh
: light attached.
i ATIC FORM 329 (RRV 26 SEP 52) :
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