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Case FileNARA NAID 28960321 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

CORVALLIS, OREGONNovember 1954

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 CORVALLIS, OREGON in November 1954. The full case file (6 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

CORVALLIS, OREGON

Date of incident

November 1954

State / country

OR / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
B, 1. DATE ° : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
| :  |o Wes Ban
: 19 NOV 5k CORVALLIS, OREGON 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O FessiWy Balioon
| 0 Was Aircraft
ETT EL NR Ey BGround-Visvel 0 Ground-Rader O Probobly Aircraft
GMT 20/001547 0 AirViwel O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aireralt
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OVYes 0 Probably Astronomical
£kNo Civilian college professor w Tessiny Mtusrmmes
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Othey UNIDENTIFIED
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
8 Unknown
aporox 12 mins one W to SW :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Observer sighted illuminated obj hovering in Sounds like Sun Dog except for travel
J tha ] ] Pe) 1 -
the sky. It appeared to flicker and slowly through 20° arc. UNIDENTIFIED.
change color from an off-white to a distinct
rink. At one time obj seemed to bend and
change direction. During this action, obj
appeared to descend to a slightly lower alt,
but observer could not estimate actual alt.
Througnout the time of sighting, obj kept
its shape of a long and oval cigar. Passed
through 20° 5.0 55 3 - 3% mins. :
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 3ZP 32)
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