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Case FileNARA NAID 28966967 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Atlantic, IowaAugust 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 Atlantic, Iowa in August 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 26.

Reported location

Atlantic, Iowa

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

IA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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* DATE : 2. LOCATION pe CONCLUSIONS 2
Por BREE : tJ Vas Balloon 4
LO August (19006 tlantic, Iowa : 0 Probably Baolioon :
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1 Possibly Balloon |
Ha has 4 WIRES 0 Was Aircraft
ETT SIRS OR ps APR | + Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Redar 0 Probebly Aircraft :
OMY... 2Y/ VEous | 0 Air-Visual (3 Air-Intercept Radar HX Possibly Aiccrale 5
| 5. PHOTOS | 6 SCURCE 0 Was Astronomical 4
i 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronemicai ‘a
EN Hind 0 Possibly Astrunomical ;
ERNE SENEIEERRS EOI. 0 4 TB ROY ¢ AR Oe SEER :
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 18. NUMBER2 OF O3JECTS | 9. COURSE BE NE stir iinvmiiitir cama
i | 0 Insufficient Dare for Evaluation
| i 00 Unknown
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