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Case FileNARA NAID 28966394 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

England, ArkansasJuly 1956

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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 England, Arkansas in July 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 25.

Reported location

England, Arkansas

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

AR / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

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 |
. : i 0 Was Balloon
23 July 1956 England, Arkansas 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon |
lbegie o APBA0 0 x Greunds Vises 0 Ground-Radar 2 des Aue i
EEE w/binoculars : :
ot pe 2 SA LR SR VANES 8] ZV Lp “DO Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE BX Was Astronomical Spica |
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
“CTNo Civilians 0 Possibly Astronomical
edi se a el DU a YE EA EE CT DE IE Ah CE IS EAT |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE opialo ye Re Sl CHE A CE |
(@] ase cient Date for Evaluation |
; 4 ; O Unknown |
1 hour - 30 minutes one | South
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | COMMENTS ¢ i
One object changed shape from oval to | Object probably stationary in
flat to diamond. Looked larger than | South rather than moving away, |
3 A 3 : ! 5 3 in east lly SG oi KE GT 4 Re
| star, 'Q color given ~ appeared To nave One and one half aol s too |
| ring around it at times also red light long for a/c or balloon, atar }
ton bottom of object. When object moved Spica is high in sky at 185 |
it left trail of white smoke - 6 times dgr azimuth and was the probable |
léngth of object. Speed 70-100 knots, | cause of the sighting,
per hour. Object appeared stationary |
at times, |
1 . |
ATIC FORM 329 (REY 25 SEP 52)
Ra san RA Shih bhi ba :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966394

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