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Case FileNARA NAID 28963924 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Elkton, MarylandOctober 1955

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 Elkton, Maryland in October 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

Elkton, Maryland

Date of incident

October 1955

State / country

MD / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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FE £2 ® No ee : eivilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
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"  [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS oT
© "| One bright fluorescent light like a long A/C known to be in the area of sighting |
© | cigar estimated to be 125 feet in length. at time of sighting. Possible a/c. :
©. | The object appeared to be heading south-east 8 Gs
Eo at 200 mph in a straight and level flight ;
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