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Case FileNARA NAID 28984667 · T1206 Roll 37

Project Blue Book Case File

Burlington, VermontSeptember 1959

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 Burlington, Vermont in September 1959. 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 37.

Reported location

Burlington, Vermont

Date of incident

September 1959

State / country

VT / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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i I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
Burlington, Vermont oO. Wos Balloon

gE 25 Sep 59 Proctor, Vermont (2 Feobably Rigen |
O Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

3 : PRs t Vi i 0 Wae Aircraft

g Local ooo Ground-Visval 0 Ground-Radar QO Probebly Aircraft
[48 CMT 25/0610Z 0 AirVisuel D Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
E 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical

i 0O Yes O Probably Astronomical |
J “II No : Military DO Possibly Astronomical

a 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE © Jv ORE, ENP

“oi O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
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: i mins one SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING j 11. COMMENTS
j. White light blinking on & off at steady General description conforms to that
4 ‘intervals observed to move up, down, & expected of a balloon, Sighting was

EE sideways in an erratic mnonner, Movement rptd fm Airport. Balloons are released

ky was generally to the DBF. Initial cbservation 4 at 0600Z normally & can carry lights
4 at 50° elev. Gradual disappearance, Rph for identification purposes.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984667

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