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Case FileNARA NAID 28966980 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Bitter Creek, WyomingAugust 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 Bitter Creek, Wyoming 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

Bitter Creek, Wyoming

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

WY / 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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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3 DATE-TINE GROUP + TYPE OF OBSERVATION o Possibly Belles? |
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5. PHOTOS . SOUR go Vas Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF 03JECTS 9. COURSE a Other —————tor Eval Jp—
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING . 1". COMMENTS
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