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Case FileNARA NAID 28966942 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Harvey, IllinoisAugust 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 Harvey, Illinois in August 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 26.

Reported location

Harvey, Illinois

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

IL / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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TEP A ———. ———— TR. SE, A SR, AE SS 5 Si ARIAT GE 5. 4 7 on. 78 Sa) HE 52 AIT: CEES AT PACD Cl EE SI ————
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONSLUSIONS
4 ARTE . Ree a {0 Wes Belicon
be ARE SRN NDS : ii Wye 44140040 : 10 Probably Sclloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION : ay Q Possibly Bolloen
. . L . ‘0 Wes Aircroft
— ) - ! i ind-Radar ”
Loca! Se ——— : | C Ground- Visual Z Ground 'a Prebobly Alrercht
| AR PAD RRR | Q Ain Yisvel 0 Ar-latercest Kage »! Possibly «ireraft
| 5. PHOTOS sits | €. SOURCE CR Wes Asti. =mical LAE
0 Yes 13 Probobiy rrornomical
“0 No | lig | 3 Pessibly Zstironomicel
: — JETRPOUPUSRNd voli Moe ARP J — EVER IT pr Era THC IAG SES NT ——m I n ~ GD BW ws + tn wn}
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMEER OF OBJECTS | §. CCUKSE § BE CEE —————
‘0 Insuflicisr: Jove for Evelvrtiar
EMEA i | 0 Unknow-
Eh emits dR ER LLY 2 he cat corms
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 111. COMMENTS
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Lis careuiar ol en 1 I AYO? : “3 9 8d ¢ ' ;
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a Siar, Color va: : white To i | winds ndicated 295. nots,
| ©¢ amber, Part of obj was swinginglike | probable sighting of re (ip BE)
a pendulum, At oi Lime pa of pbject :
separated fm m: body & later rejoined,
yh 144 ® ese y ve yg Par a0 LY OC % pe
Ot - was shoo : he S17 LS (] I a) 8a OU 36 Cc :
sighted 1or over 2 hrs visually & thru |
bincculars. Was high in sky & moving
east, Obj still in sight at time of
a rh ial rpt. Same obj viewed one weels |
he fore, Hits
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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