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Case FileNARA NAID 28967448 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Dallas, TexasSeptember 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 September 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

September 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
8 Probably Bell
i September 1936 Dallas, Texas robably oon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP & TYPE OF OBSERVATION WF: SOY w—
O Was Aircraft
OMT UR LO0S00Z Q Air Visual QO Air-Intercopt Roder |D Possibly Aireroft
5. PH $ ; . O Was Astronomicel
O Yes 0 Probobly Astrenemicol
*¢f Ne Military & Civilian DO Possibly Astronemicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Othe NIDENTITIED
Ba Dete for Evaluation
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23 minutes one West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
one object star shaped, size of dime, Object moving West against
Color white changing to red. Object prevailing winds, ruling out |
| vas stationary at 20,000 ft for 20 balloon, Stationary for 20
| tinutes and then began moving west minutes indicates possible astro
't about 200 knots Object seen at Grand] body. Disapperance at 330dgr
srairie, Texas & Dallas, Texas, azimuth and initial observation
at 080dgr azimuth indicates
large lateral movement. Unidenti-
: fied,
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967448

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