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Case FileNARA NAID 28983607 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

Danville, VAJune 1959

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 Danville, VA in June 1959. 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 36.

Reported location

Danville, VA

Date of incident

June 1959

State / country

VA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE i 4 2. LOCATION oR “12. CONCLUSIONS <n
Rr ; { a i; 0 Was Balloon
fe Anby AR anvil ARK 0 Probably Bollaon
3. DATE-TIMZ GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION : G- [Fossibly Balloon
ol 2000 ne RVI Y 0 Was Aircraft
CY | Bt BET ni AR ERE SB el a SN 3 Cround-VYisual OQ Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
GMI sa wie 0 AirVisuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 1 Probably Astronomical
= EN aivilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D.X Other imo -FARL
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
AAAS gai x le O Unknown
19. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i 11. COMMENTS Ee
Alrfoll shaped obj, pushing smoke & haze TIC agrees w/the conclusions of
Jerin front: of cat & around it, seemed tobe the witness that this was a pocket of
be. ROLNE at 2 1ast race o peed AY gas. The smore & haze in the are:
shallow dive, Four Dbis broke avay fn 'it & meking it visible.
climbed steeply in perfect formafiion. They :
lisappeared. No sound. ?
ATIC FORM 229 (RXV 25 SEP 32)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983607

Connected across the archive

Places

Danville, VAVAVirginia

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19591959-06-01

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