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Case FileNARA NAID 28964183 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Dover AFB, DelawareNovember 1955

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Dover AFB, Delaware in November 1955. 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 24.

Reported location

Dover AFB, Delaware

Date of incident

November 1955

State / country

DE / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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| 1. DATE ; 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ‘

E vas i " |O  Wos Balloon
2 9 Nov 55 er AFB, Dela id QO Probably Balloon

1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. Possibly Balloon

- I OX Was Aircraft

i | Ly pe Coc a A Ci DA os SS Be Ci EY X30 Ground-Visual 0 Ground Rodar o Probably Aircraft

3 omt909/2325% 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercopt Radar |D Possibly Aircraft

3 5. PHOTOS : » SOURCE : 0 Was Astronomical {
| 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
E TL Ne military & civilian O Possibly Astronomical
Eo 7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (oF o) {1 Hr ER

E [a] ihautiiclens Data for Evaluation

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3 2-3 mins two SSW nknown :

Eo 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

3 Two round objs size of baseball at arm's Probably a/c

FE length appearing to be about 1 mile apart

3 heading SSW. Initial obsarvation in NNE at

: 45 deg elev. Military oba=rver stated that

3 obj was not a/c with aftarimrnar.

3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964183

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