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Case FileNARA NAID 28961291 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Bowling Green, KentuckyFebruary 1955

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Bowling Green, Kentucky in February 1955. The full case file (3 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

Bowling Green, Kentucky

Date of incident

February 1955

State / country

KY / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
Sih a ; ( "ROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
§ 1. DATE 2. LOCATION eg hal g
He Al i 0 Was Bolloon
1 18 February 1955 Bowling Green, Kentucky GQ Probubly Bolloon
; 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TTA ERA REA
/ BT ea A Ry RE XiGround-Visuol 0 Ground-Redar 7 a RiChas Rhardls
3 Lon ARIRREOE fo 0 Air-Vi sual e Air-Intercept Radar Di xPossibly Aircraft ;
3 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 8 Was AstronemicalS tax /P t
4 DC Yes 2 BrxProbably Astronomical
; Reid RE = ; Civ ilian i Sa : “10 Possibly Astronomical
] 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RTS RC DEO
4 6 to 8 or 2 1 Rdg Data for Evaluation
| EAN RL An aight) Yo BL Werte BR 1
b 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS
1 Gg signting of group 6-8 may be
y Circular shape, Orange color, "V" Possibly aircraft. Has typical
4 formation of 6 to 8 followed by 1 to Refueling pattern,
3 2. Vapor trail, Three sightings, See | Initial single obj which triggerdd
1 case file the sighting may be a/c,
3 Third object probably an astro
1 body. Was still in sight after
witness left,
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP §2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961291

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