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Case FileNARA NAID 28968726 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Gassoway, West VirginiaDecember 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 Gassoway, West Virginia in December 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 27.

Reported location

Gassoway, West Virginia

Date of incident

December 1956

State / country

WV / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

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
E 0 Was Balloon
BE —30 Decembe 56 Gassoway, West Virginia Q Probably Balloon
I 4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
; Local ne ey XXGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar BX Prabably Aircraft
omMT_30/0700Z DO Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
| 5. PHOTOS - SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes | O Probably Astronomical
| x8 No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION : 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO hp ee sie
Ri: 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
{ 0 Unknown
: i r SW
4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Four round red objects, size of a Concur with reporting officer
silver dollar at arm's length. Object that this sighting was caused
; was seen flying SW at 1000 feet by an a/c known to b e in the
wverhead. Object was seen visually area,
i for one minute.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968726

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

GassowayGassoway, WVWest Virginia

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-12-01

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