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Case FileNARA NAID 28967217 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Buffalo, New YorkAugust 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 Buffalo, New York 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

Buffalo, New York

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

NY / 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
y PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ey |
| 1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
& » O Was Bolloon
28 August 19356 suffalo, New York o Probably et
3. DATE-TIME GROUP + TYPE OF OBSERVATION I VR S——
LOT ca ——— D:Ground- Visual O Ground-Redar s one og &
GM __28/0500Z2 0 Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Rodor O Possibly Aireraft
5. PMOTOS « $ a A ven gare
0 Yes O Probably Astronomico
ONe Civilian O Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Othe — ooo
(n) Bs Date for Evaluation
) 8} no wn 4
one hr/30 mins one northwest
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round orange object, size of a bas{ Concur with source in considering
ketball. Resembled an ordinary star w/| lars as the cause for the sight-
naked eye. Through binoculars a small ing.
~ratar was noticed & the object appeardd
to emit fiery gas fm the bottom. Obj
| sighted at 300 dgr azimuth at a very nh
high altitude. Qb ject was heading in a
north-westerly direction. Object was
visually & through winoculars fo. one
hour, Object disappeared by fading out
Bc of sight. Source stopped watching obj
| .fter 1% hrs, source & nfused by as, direction & gave contradictory initio
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967217

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