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Case FileNARA NAID 28964137 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Corpus Christi, TexasNovember 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 Corpus Christi, Texas in November 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 24.

Reported location

Corpus Christi, Texas

Date of incident

November 1955

State / country

TX / 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
Transcribed text
Sela PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD a
[1 pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i
- : 0 Was Balloon
~ | 1 Nov 55 Corpus Christi, Texas DO Probably Bolloon
| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION fis Lt Ld AB
1 CGcalliici erm xO Ground- Visual D Ground-Radar a Probobly Aircraft
4 GM 2/03002 1 Ai~ Visual O Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircroft |
. '|'s. PHO 0s ; . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
= O Yes D Probably Astronomical
4 g@ No & & ine er) & Wife D Possibly Astronomical {
= | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oJ 01k A FA ETE
Fg X) Insufficient Data for Evaluation
a / 0 Unknown
' |approx 15 min two Erratic to W
© |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 Two small ‘okjs, saucer shaped, blue changing t INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION.
. | purple end back to blue, seen for approx 15 ;
' |mins. Objs flying erraticly towards the west
* | at high rate of speed. Objas were estimated to Ye
* |at an alt of over 50 ,000 feat.
FE ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) a,
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