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Case FileNARA NAID 28967132 · T1206 Roll 26

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 26.

Reported location

Dallas, Texas

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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22 August 1956 Dallas, Texas 2 Probate ed
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION wey
Loe — | RSrwdVid O Ground-Rader Lrg IPN
CMT _ 23/0500Z 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rador O Posmbly Airerelt :
5. P NTO OLR aw A col er 4
23 Ne rec'd jvilian OC Possubly Asvenemic
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o Be cy is WY
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE o Other ——Gae for Evaluation
O Unknown
fifteen seconds NE putheas
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS bi
One pale white round pulsating object, Shape, size, straight flight
the size of a dime at arm's length, path fm 30 dgr elevation tO +0
Object was initially sighted at 30 dgr| dgr elevation, manzer of disagpear-
elevation and 135 dgr azimuth & ance & duration indicate that
disappeared in a straight flight path sighting wasprobablr caused DV a
over the horizon at 20 dgr elevation meteor,
and 155 dgr azimuth, Object was obser-
ved visually for 15 seconds. Photos
were also taken,
ATIC PORM 329 (RRV 26 SEP 52) ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967132

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