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Case FileNARA NAID 28965179 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

East Prairie, MissouriMarch 1956

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 East Prairie, Missouri in March 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 24.

Reported location

East Prairie, Missouri

Date of incident

March 1956

State / country

MO / 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
4 ; JK : AL Ves Balloon
E 20 March 1956 East Prairie, Missouri 0 Probably Balloon

E Ee bp Ee rte LG TYPE OF GRCEBVATIAL TT —————I Possibly Balloon

4 3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

4 “3, i m2 0 Was Aircraft

3 Local TT ee WGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft

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i Mp. 20/ 16007 BET 5 0 Air Vi sual C1 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft

3 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical

4 0 Yes i 0 Probably Astronomical
1 EF No Civilian (GOL) 0 Possibly Asircnomical

1 7. LENGTH OF ORSERVATION “| 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ET oh ey rs et ON

3 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluction

i: & OQ Unknown i

3 two minutes one south

3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

E One balicon, trailing object under- Concur with the opinion of the

3 neath. Orange color, teardrop shape, rpting authority that this

A sighthg was caused by a balloon,

E Probably the radiosnnde type.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965179

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