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Case FileNARA NAID 28966698 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Cationsville, MarylandAugust 1956

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 Cationsville, Maryland in August 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 25.

Reported location

Cationsville, Maryland

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

MD / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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

1. DATE
7 August 1956

2. LOCATION
Catonsville, Maryland

12. CONCLUSIONS
[X] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical Meteor
[X] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other...
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___________
GMT 04/0112Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian (GOC)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
One second

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
West to East

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One white object with tail. Observed on ground. Moved west to east at altitude of 400 feet and vanished.

11. COMMENTS
Very scanty data. Details of sighting indicate possibility of meteor. Evaluation is probably Meteor.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966698

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CationsvilleCationsville, MDCatonsville, MarylandMaryland

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-08-017 August 1956

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