Head of Penncobe Bay, Whidby Island, Wash., February 1958February 1958

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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 Head of Penncobe Bay, Whidby Island, Wash., February 1958 in February 1958. 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 32.

Reported location

Head of Penncobe Bay, Whidby Island, Wash., February 1958

Date of incident

February 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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1 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
d Es es le te eT
. 1 DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS !
1 Head of Pennc ohe Ray, 1 Was Balloon |
E 2 Feb 58 whidbv Island, Was jo! 0 Probably Balloon
E 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION {61 Be¥si By BAESH
i 4 8 0 Was Aircroft
E Loca} ——— XGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar {1 Probably Aircraft
i oMT. 03/04192 0 AirVYisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircroft
E 5. PHOTOS 3. SOURCE C1 Was Astronomical vieteor
i O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical {
3 a No Military ; 3 Possibly Astronomical
E AYA SE A
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 9. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ! 9. COURSE Bf Othersisieee in — —————
fi. O insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 Li < Oo Unknown
E | 3 secs one 15 Deg descen
is 0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E Rnd, medium sized light. Dull red A11 characteristics of a meteor.
E 1 blue-white & red. gtar+tad as dull
E rod 2 changed to nigh intensity
EE plue-white.
: atic FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
by
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976977

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-02-01