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Case FileNARA NAID 28967692 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Cumberland, VirginiaSeptember 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 Cumberland, Virginia in September 1956. The full case file (2 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 26.

Reported location

Cumberland, Virginia

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

VA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 25 September 1956
2. LOCATION: Cumberland, Virginia
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkboxes for Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown]

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank]
GMT: 26/0130Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: X Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: Yes, No [No is checked]
6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 30 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: overhead

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One object of oblong shape and square. Size of baseball, color white and orange.

11. COMMENTS: Possible astro sighting. Data too limited for analysis.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967692

Connected across the archive

Organizations

PROJECT 10073

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CumberlandCumberland, VACumberland, VirginiaVirginia

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-09-0125 September 1956

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