Fitzgerald, GeorgiaApril 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 Fitzgerald, Georgia in April 1956. The full case file (6 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

Fitzgerald, Georgia

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

GA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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4 J 4 \ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Hs hi)
: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i DO Was Balloon
16 April 1956 Fitzgerald, Georgia O Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION FREY. So10en |
O Was Aircraft
Local —— XE Ground- Visual O Ground-Redor 0 Probably Aircroft
§ GMT 16/20002 XR AirVisuvdl O Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE Was Astronomical Venus
OD Yes ’ O Probably Astronomical
| XX No __lcivilian & Military 2 hRasly Astonemien
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0) OPhBRs os ipl |
1 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
| 2 hours, 45 minutes one hovering sal chin
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
FE One object, size of basketball was Astro Venus (see case file)
: larger than B-47 color of silver
yellowish, Glint- faded from sight.
1 "ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965394

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