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Case FileNARA NAID 28961807 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Hollywood, CaliforniaApril 1955

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Hollywood, California 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 23.

Reported location

Hollywood, California

Date of incident

April 1955

State / country

CA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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de hopald 1965 | Hollywood, California . [8 heeodey Batons |

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Fibre delist |
| HH TR RN AR PY ACT XXGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar B Broboly Atveroh
; oMT..23/ LE8OY 0 Air-Visval 0 Air-Intercept Radar * HE Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 00 Was Astronomical
j 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
XX No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical (
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION "| 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE IAIN i a i
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
] O Unknown
| 45 seconds ona NNW.
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS
Oval, white, very fast and very Possible aircraft,

high, Straight line, Faded from
sight,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961807

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

CaliforniaHollywoodHollywood, CA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-04-01

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