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Case FileNARA NAID 28964888 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Burlington, North CarolinaFebruary 1956

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 Burlington, North Carolina in February 1956. 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 24.

Reported location

Burlington, North Carolina

Date of incident

February 1956

State / country

NC / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
18 February 1956

2. LOCATION
Burlington, North Carolina

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 19/02450Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XXX Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS
XXX No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
4 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
north

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Red, green to amber lights flashing up and down. Three lights, appeared stationary at first then moved 3 mi north. Two civilian airports in same general area.

11. COMMENTS
Probable a/c sighting.

12. CONCLUSIONS
X Was Balloon
X Probably Balloon
X Possibly Balloon

X Was Aircraft
X Probably Aircraft
X Possibly Aircraft

X Was Astronomical
X Probably Astronomical
X Possibly Astronomical

X Insufficient Data for Evaluation
X Unknown
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964888

Connected across the archive

Organizations

CMDR ADCCMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON APE OHIOCOMDR 35TH ADW DOERING APE GADIR OF INTEL N USAF WASH DC

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

BurlingtonBurlington, NCBurlington, North CarolinaNorth Carolina

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

18 February 195619561956-02-01

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