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Case FileNARA NAID 28967855 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Green Bay, WisconsinOctober 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 Green Bay, Wisconsin in October 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

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

WI / 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
11 October 1956

2. LOCATION
Green Bay, Wisconsin

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 11/2001Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X]Ground-Visual [ ]Ground-Radar
[ ]Air-Visual [ ]Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ]Yes
[X]No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
five minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
westerly

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ]Was Balloon
[ ]Probably Balloon
[ ]Possibly Balloon
[ ]Was Aircraft
[ ]Probably Aircraft
[ ]Possibly Aircraft
[ ]Was Astronomical
[ ]Probably Astronomical
[ ]Possibly Astronomical
[ ]Other
[X]Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ]Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round white object, size of the moon. Object travelled in a westerly direction and disappeared by fading out of sight after being seen visually for five minutes.

11. COMMENTS
Description, duration, and manner of disappearance indicate that this sighting was probably caused by an aircraft.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967855

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Organizations

PROJECT 10073

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Green BayGreen Bay, WIGreen Bay, WisconsinWisconsin

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

11 October 195619561956-10-01

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