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Case FileNARA NAID 28966636 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Dallas, TexasAugust 1956

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 Dallas, Texas in August 1956. 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 25.

Reported location

Dallas, Texas

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 5
3 : 1. DATE SE ACOCATION. 5 ET I OONCEDSIONS
5 ss 0 Was Balloon ; 3
: a 1 August 1956 eats Dallas % Texas rk a Probably Ballcan
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. YYPE OF OBSERVATION |B Possibly Balloon
= ET rE PRE RI Ch ee & Bround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar i tg :
: our 04/15177 : O Air Visual Q Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft |
z 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes DO Probably Astronomical
cst Cf Civilian © ve TEEN
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CEO cca os
7 O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: 3 0 Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ; 1). COMMENYS
Four round, white, objects about size Duration of sighting, course
of a pea at aru's length, Objects and maneuvering of object,
were flying in formation, onc in lead : SE
: and three behind Objects came from esa sn me Si
: : GE ri . : tion, and location of sighting
Northeast flying south and orbited (airfield) strongly indicate
over area wherc observers were stand- that aircraft were responsible
ing; the continued flight to North- for this sighting. Evaluation
west where they faded, Length of sighk- of the sighting is"probable
lng was 6 minutes. Location of sight- aircraft”
ing was on the final approach for
Love Field, Dallas,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 92)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966636

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