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Case FileNARA NAID 28964671 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Edison, WashingtonJanuary 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 Edison, Washington in January 1956. The full case file (3 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

Edison, Washington

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

WA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
25 January 1956

2. LOCATION
Edison, Washington

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 26/0400-0420Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual
[ ] Air-Visual
[ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] [illegible]

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
20 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round, disc 03. Yellowish red noted about 500 ft above skyline and glided downward similar to A/C and slowly faded out.

11. COMMENTS
Probable a/c sighting.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[X] Unknown
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964671

Connected across the archive

Organizations

25TH ADIV MCCHORD AFB WASHADC ENT AFB COLOATIC WP AFB OHIOHQ USAF WASHWADF HAMILTON AFB CALIF

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

EdisonEdison, WAEdison, WashingtonLUMIS ISLANDWashington

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-01-0125 January 195626 JAN 1956

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