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Case FileNARA NAID 28961729 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Harrisburg, PennsylvaniaApril 1955

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 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in April 1955. 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 22.

Reported location

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

April 1955

State / country

PA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION = 12. CONCLUSIONS
: i : 0 Vos Balloon
16 April 1955 = | Harrishurg,Pennsylvania__|Q Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION — ——|@ Possibly Balloon
Xk c -Vi i’ 0 Was Aircraft
Local Te  Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar Bh Boba deel
£ omT.16/1730Z er —————— Free 0 Air Visual 0 Air-lntercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
3. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
RAR © RS SRE AE te FER 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Qe TE IE NNN
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
= : 0 Unknown
EERE TT EEN KRIIGED 1 | © ME LP RCL
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Six inches square, silver, Square, drift, and flutter
fluttering. Drifted away. indicate kite or debris.
ATIC YORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961729

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

HarrisburgHarrisburg, PAPennsylvania

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-04-01

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