Burtonwood, England, April 1955April 1955

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 Burtonwood, England, April 1955 in April 1955. The full case file (6 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 23.

Reported location

Burtonwood, England, April 1955

Date of incident

April 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

i ? 0 Was Balloon

| 17 April 1955 Burtonwood, England QO Probably Ballson

p 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
i i 0 Was Aircraft

1 Local Be 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft

3 GMT 17/2235% ails EX Kir Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft

4 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE BX Was Astronomical Hleteor

F 0 Yes 0 Probably bios i
4 XNo Militar D Possibly Astronomico

A 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OP OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Wl, DH mmm cis

E DO Insufficiant Data for Evaluation

1 0 Unknown

A 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING n. COMMENTS

1 Round, bright, bluish white object Steady course, slightly down-

1 with oblong exhaust or trail, ward, Speed greatly in excess

: Sparks, of a/c. Meteor sighting. |

4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961739

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Burtonwood

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-04-01