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Case FileNARA NAID 28962974 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Columbus, NebraskaJuly 1955

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 Columbus, Nebraska in July 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

Columbus, Nebraska

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

NE / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
a PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Se |
I. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 : O Woes Boll
29 Jul 55 Columbus, Nebraska OE isn |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Aion fri |
fT SEAT: WTI RT. 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Probably Kir eres
GM 30/0 Lh5z, - 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | 9 Possibly Aircraft |
S. PHOTOS ; . E O Was Astronomicol |
O Yes ; 5 aul ables
8 No civilian ossibly Astronomica {
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE rR TP —
five to siz minutes five unknown Ea yen
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Four orange obJjs and one white obj appeared Due to semi-fantastic nature':of
similar to an explosin and back again. The ob js sighting and failure of sighting to ;
appeared as flashing lights. Appeared east of meet criteria for investigation
station like a yo-yo, and seemed to fade as going authorized by this Hgs. Sighting is
thru a cloud. resolved as UNKNOWN by this Hgs end
forwarded to ATIC as above.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962974

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

ColumbusColumbus, NENebraska

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-07-01

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