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Case FileNARA NAID 28967828 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Bridgeboro, New JerseyOctober 1956

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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 Bridgeboro, New Jersey in October 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

Bridgeboro, New Jersey

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

NJ / 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
0D Wos Bolloon
5 October 1906 Bridgebore, New Jersey 5 Sar 7 4 rt bo
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION o3sibly Balloon
— D Wos Aircraft
I IU —————  T'Ground-Visval O Ground-Rodor 0 Probobly Aircroft
eat 05 /20457 | O Air Visvol DO Air-Intercept Rodar DO Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical ;
to No C i or i 1 ia n DO Possi bly Astronomical
NERISDCSIUEL . SOE TERRAIN, Si. ein ce Ne
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CER AER CR Ce Rp
[0] om Dota for Evaluation
s p " oO rknown
forty - forty five séaqnds one erratic
- aan im gs fei ovis ES ses Se ms gp SRE ET is dt et i eS SR —
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
one round black-grey object, size of Object observed for 45seconds ini-
2 nickel at arm's length, Object was tial observation from inside build
sp inning with adges blurred. Object ing through window. Went outside
app2ared to move sideways, and appear to observe object. Possible bird
wafer thin at 45dgr angle in eorvatic 1?). No data for conclusion,
movement.. Object was seen at about 2 t ’
3 miles elovation on 90dgr azimuth and |
disappeared at 2 to 3 miles elevation At
45dgr azimuth, At first, object seemed |to
rise slowly then move right at a 45dgr
angle and then to the left at a 45dgr
angle. Movement up & down was erratic.
Obj seen visually for 40 €bd 45 secondst
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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