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Case FileNARA NAID 28961456 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Charlestown, West VirginiaMarch 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 Charlestown, West Virginia in March 1955. The full case file (5 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 22.

Reported location

Charlestown, West Virginia

Date of incident

March 1955

State / country

WV / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
CE RE RR RR RS rr (ONS A ER en SRS SL SR RA, CEO IE OCT
1. DATE 2. LOCATION © |12. CONCLUSIONS
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ora : : |? Vos Balloon
8 March 1955 ~~~ ~~~ | Charlestown, West VirginiaQ Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME G1OUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ase Redioun |
\ vi n. 0 Was Aircraft |
Local NA EE (4.Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 00 Probobly Aircraft
A cmt. 08/21487 SOE EAE J 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircealt |
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
RR ER a Outed. Eel 0 Possibly Astranomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE REC AR CEE NE
ox Insufficient Date for Evaluation
0 Unknown
| ER PEE HON IRURRERN, | 1 RT DASA ANE RIS LUN ET
10, BRizF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, brighter than sun on Insufficient data for evaluation, :
i aluminum, Seemed to have flat Possible balloon which was
1 side, no edges noticeable, No released in area at time of
y sound, sighting or possible a/c.
4 -
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961456

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