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Case FileNARA NAID 28967163 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Farmington, New HampshireAugust 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 Farmington, New Hampshire in August 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 26.

Reported location

Farmington, New Hampshire

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

NH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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

1. DATE
25 August 1956

2. LOCATION
Farmington, New Hampshire

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Loc1
GMT 26/0100Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
one hour

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
south

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One yellow round object, size of a weather balloon in the sky. Object moved south and was still visible after having been observed visually for one hour.

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
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Insufficient Data.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967163

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