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Case FileNARA NAID 28964766 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Camp Irwin, CaliforniaFebruary 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 Camp Irwin, California in February 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 24.

Reported location

Camp Irwin, California

Date of incident

February 1956

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
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j 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ~~
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~ / |_2 February 1956 Camp Irwin, California O Probably Balloon
~/ {3 DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
[Radic JA8UD<1B00 ~ B3Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador 0 Was Aircraft
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i emM7_02/2100Z O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
: 5. PHOTOS 1 8. SOURCE be Ayia mi |
g DO Yes : O Probably Astronomical i
2 XC No Military O Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EL Other es es ¢
E i Insufficient Data for Evaluation i
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. t reported one South |
. 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ;
4 Flying object moving from north to Duration would be extremely shor

‘ south at estimated speed in the 1,000 | if object had speed indicated. |
. of mph, At 15,000 ft altitude, Time of sighting given covered
3 3 hr period. Daylight sighting. :
; No features reported. Insufficient

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964766

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