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Case FileNARA NAID 28965810 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Banning, CaliforniaJune 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 Banning, California in June 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

Banning, California

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

CA / 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
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS ~—
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossibly Balloon
Local —_— XPGround- Visual 0 Ground-Readar 4 Probably Alverait i ad
i GMT 06/1330 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraly : Mig
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965810

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