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Case FileNARA NAID 28961688 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Beaumont, CaliforniaApril 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 Beaumont, California in April 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 22.

Reported location

Beaumont, California

Date of incident

April 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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3 fo TORE CALL) FE LB A Viel 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 YORNIEN Mean
bh. 5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE y 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes | DO Probably Astronomical
Ea Cl Gdvatdan i 3 Possibly Astronomical
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE DERO) }) TY pe RE AR Noe
a 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
1 0 Unknown
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E 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, red and white, Faded grad- Possible balloon,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961688

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

BeaumontBeaumont, CACalifornia

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-04-01

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