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Case FileNARA NAID 28961698 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Atlantic Ocean, April 1955April 1955

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 Ocean, April 1955 in April 1955. The full case file (2 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 22.

Reported location

Atlantic Ocean, April 1955

Date of incident

April 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
7 April 1955

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local _______________
GMT 07/2115Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
30 seconds

2. LOCATION
Atlantic Ocean

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XXGround-Visual  Ground-Radar
Air-Visual  Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Military

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
hovered

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
XXWas Astronomical Object
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
XInsufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Circular, blush silver, appeared larger than moon. No sound.

11. COMMENTS
Possible meteor sighting?

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961698

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