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Case FileNARA NAID 28965184 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Fairhaven, MassachusettsMarch 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 Fairhaven, Massachusetts in March 1956. The full case file (5 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

Fairhaven, Massachusetts

Date of incident

March 1956

State / country

MA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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: | 0 Vos Bolloon |
i 20 March 1966 Fairhaven, Massachusetts 0 Probably Balloon

1 "3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION hts osu BY: Bell obh |
E [E6°E ql tim anym beled (fe LETHE COD Roa | 2B Groun d-Visual 1 Ground-Radar 5) a GA

4] CMT 21 /01327 : 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft

3 ‘5. PHOTOS 18 SOURCE "| ECXWas Astronomical Venus

i! 0 Yes £0 Probably Astronomical

fo | Civilian D Possibly, Astronomical

: "7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BisOMEyes naa Bi a

i 0 Insufficient Dara for Evaluation
5-10 mins/possibly | One | WNW Sign :
; 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :

§ One mass of brilliance similar to a Concur with the hypothesis of

i star but ten times as bright. White the reporting officer that this

i incandescent, changing to a pale red, sighting was undoubtedly gener-

i to pale orange, then reverting to ated by the planet Venus,

4 whit. In all appearances the object

J was described as being similar to a

4 bright star, No radar contact,

| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965184

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