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Case FileNARA NAID 28962698 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Arlington, CaliforniaJuly 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 Arlington, California in July 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 23.

Reported location

Arlington, California

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
Sa gon UFOB INDEX CARD pl |
: i ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| O Wos Balloon
4 July 1955 Arl ton, California 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TiNE cans —————— | Arlington wn Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |
Local te os oo A Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Brabitly aver |
CMT 09/06432 July 19565 0 Air Visual a Air-Intercept Radar [UO Possibly Aircrafy |
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical |
: OVYes : | ’ Ad ind rldblia ;
| ; pis) No Civilian Student) Ossibly Astronomica
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR Chap EOE ee
: a iL el ent Data for Evaluation
a nk no wn
Four (4) Seconds One (1) 15
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One (1), round, waite object, the sigs of a In comusetion with AISS=UP0Bu202-55 g |
; 31lver dollar held at ams length, appeared AISS~UF0B-204«55 this sighting is boing
to travel in a straight line and then fade investigated, Ubon receipt of AP Form
| Away in the sass, 112, the results of investiration ars |
| | to be £1lled in on this card, |
AISOP Form S (15 Oct 54) pe |
AC Md RB dR BAB SE i Rd TE PR te
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962698

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

ArlingtonArlington, CACalifornia

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-07-01

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