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Case FileNARA NAID 28966481 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Annapolis, MarylandJuly 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 Annapolis, Maryland in July 1956. 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 25.

Reported location

Annapolis, Maryland

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

MD / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD .
. ee WREE eT TUTTE 7 Ra
1. DATE 2, LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0O Was Balloon
30 July 1956 Annapolis, Maryland = Probably Rites
3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ORBIESY Sn oen
p 4 i O Was Aircraft
Local EE TE XA Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
owt 51/0310Z2 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS » SOURCE LX Was Astronomical (71.71.45)
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical s
“IXNo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE cB Ye SA re EON |
O Insufficient Dota for Eveluation | .
fain O Unknown
SORIA oY Hl ¢ (210 8 od 18 ur J 1 8 ve mi ns on & OrnDL tT Eo or |
he. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Li COMMENTS :
| One round object, the size of a | Concur with the opinion of the |
| quarter held at arms length, red to | reporting officer that this sight]-
orange to white in color, Seen at 15 | ing was astronomical in nature.
dgrs elevation at 90 dgrs azimuth, | This sighting was probably the
| eR EET Af en yo ~~
| Pialled MAS, {
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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